ὠβά
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English (LSJ)
ἡ, in Laconia, a local division of the Spartan people, IG5 (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. perhaps 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.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὠβά: ἡ, ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ, ὑποδιαίρεσις τῶν τριῶν μεγάλων ἐν Σπάρτῃ πρώτων φυλῶν, ἑρμηνευομένη διὰ τοῦ κώμη παρ’ Ἡσυχ. καὶ ἀντιστοιχοῦσα τῇ παρ’ Ἀττ. φρατρίᾳ, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 1272-4, 1471· ὠβὰς ὠβάξαι Πλουτ. Λυκοῦργ. 6· ― πρβλ. οἴη, καὶ ἴδε Müller. Dor. 3. 5, § 3. (Τὸ β ἀντικατέστησε προϋπάρχον F, ὅθεν ὠγὴ παρ’ Ἡσυχ., πρβλ. δίγαμμα IV, Curt. σ. 535 (573).)
French (Bailly abrégé)
ᾶς (ἡ) :
dor. p. ὠβή.
Greek Monotonic
ὠβά: ἡ, στη Λακωνία, διαίρεση των σπαρτιατικών φυλών, σε Πλούτ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὠβά: (ᾱ) ἡ дор. = ὠβή.
Middle Liddell
ὠβά, ἡ,
in Laconia, a subdivision of the Spartan φυλαί (clans), Plut.
Frisk Etymology German
ὠβά: {ōbá}
See also: s. 2. οἴη.
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