ὠβά

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;

   A 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.)