Μωαβῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μωᾰβῑ́της (Mōabī́tēs, “Moabite”) +‎ -ῐς (-is).

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 • (Mōabîtis) 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 Mōabîtis	τὼ Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδε tṑ Mōabī́tide	αἱ Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδες hai Mōabī́tides
Genitive	τῆς Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδος tês Mōabī́tidos	τοῖν Μωᾰβῑτῐ́δοιν toîn Mōabītídoin	τῶν Μωᾰβῑτῐ́δων tôn Mōabītídōn
Dative	τῇ Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδῐ têi Mōabī́tidi	τοῖν Μωᾰβῑτῐ́δοιν toîn Mōabītídoin	ταῖς Μωᾰβῑ́τῐσῐ / Μωᾰβῑ́τῐσῐν taîs Mōabī́tisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn Mōabī́tida	τὼ Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδε tṑ Mōabī́tide	τᾱ̀ς Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s Mōabī́tidas
Vocative	Μωᾰβῖτῐς Mōabîtis	Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδε Mōabī́tide	Μωᾰβῑ́τῐδες Mōabī́tides
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.