ὠβά
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 ὠβάς ib. 675 , al.; ὠ. Λιμναέων ib. 688 ;
A). ὠβὰς ὠβάξαι Lyc. 6 :—cf. οὐαί· φυλαί, ( οὐᾷ (dat.) shd. perh. be read in an Inscr. from Orcistus, cf. JHS 57.247 (iii A. D.)) (prob. or Thess.); ὤας· τὰς κώμας, ( β represents the digamma, cf. ὠγή· κώμη, Id.)