Moab
From LSJ
Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. → While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mōab: f.
I indecl., the mountainous region on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea, extending from Zoar to the river Arnon, Vulg. Gen. 36, 35; 48, 15 and 20, etc.—Hence,
A Mōăbītēs, ae, m., an inhabitant of Moab, a Moabite, Vulg. 1 Chron. 11, 46.—Plur.: Moabitae (= Μωαβῖται), the Moabites, Vulg. Gen. 19, 37 et saep.—
B Mōăbītis, tĭdis, f. (Μωαβῖτις).
1 Moabite (sc. regio), the land of the Moabites, Moab, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 1.—
2 Subst., a Moabitish woman, Vulg. Ruth, 1, 22.
