Μωαβῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μωᾰβῑ́της (Mōăbī́tēs, “Moabite”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mɔː.a.bîː.tis/ → /mo.aˈβi.tis/ → /mo.aˈvi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mɔː.a.bîː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.aˈbi.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.aˈβi.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.aˈvi.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.aˈvi.tis/

Noun

Μωᾰβῖτῐς • (Mōăbîtĭs) f (genitive Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδος); third declension

1. a female inhabitant of Moab; a Moabite woman, a Moabitess
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Ruth 1.22:

     Καὶ ἐπέστρεψε Νωεμὶν καὶ Ροὺθ ἡ Μωαβῖτις ἡ νύμφη αὐτῆς ἐπιστρέφουσαι ἐξ ἀγροῦ Μωάβ· αὗται δὲ παρεγενήθησαν εἰς Βηθλεὲμ ἐν ἀρχῇ θερισμοῦ κριθῶν.

     Kaì epéstrepse Nōemìn kaì Roùth hē Mōabîtis hē númphē autês epistréphousai ex agroû Mōáb; haûtai dè paregenḗthēsan eis Bēthleèm en arkhêi therismoû krithôn.

     So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μωᾰβῖτῐς; τῆς Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Μωᾰβῖτῐς hē Mōăbîtĭs	τὼ Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδε tṑ Mōăbī́tĭde	αἱ Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδες hai Mōăbī́tĭdes
Genitive	τῆς Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδος tês Mōăbī́tĭdos	τοῖν Μωᾰβῑτῐ́δοιν toîn Mōăbītĭ́doin	τῶν Μωᾰβῑτῐ́δων tôn Mōăbītĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδῐ têi Mōăbī́tĭdĭ	τοῖν Μωᾰβῑτῐ́δοιν toîn Mōăbītĭ́doin	ταῖς Μωᾰβῑ́τῐσῐ / Μωᾰβῑ́τῐσῐν taîs Mōăbī́tĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn Mōăbī́tĭdă	τὼ Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδε tṑ Mōăbī́tĭde	τᾱ̀ς Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s Mōăbī́tĭdăs
Vocative	Μωᾰβῖτῐς Mōăbîtĭs	Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδε Mōăbī́tĭde	Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδες Mōăbī́tĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.