ὠβ-ά,ἡ, in Laconia, a local division of the Spartan people, IG 5 ( 1 ). 26.11
(ii/i B. C.), 27.18 ;οἱ νικάσαντες τὰς ὠβάςib. 675 , al.;ὠ. Λιμναέωνib. 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. (βrepresents the digamma, cf.ὠγή: κώμη,Id.)