in Laconia, a local division of the Spartan people, IG 5 (1).26.11 (ii/i B. C.), 27.18; οἱ νικάσαντες τὰς ὠβάς ib. 675, al.; ὠ. Λιμναέων ib. 688; ὠβὰς ὠβάξαι Plu. Lyc. 6:—cf. οὐαί· φυλαί, Hsch. (οὐᾷ (dat.) shd. perh. be read in an Inscr. from Orcistus, cf. JHS 57.247 (iii A. D.)) (prob. Cypr. or Thess.); ὤας· τὰς κώμας, Hsch. (β represents the digamma, cf. ὠγή· κώμη, Id.)
The corpus record
ὠβ-ά
oba · ἡ
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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