obeGr.Hist.|əʊb| [ad.Gr. ὠβά.] A village or district in ancient Laconia; a subdivision of an original ϕυλή or clan. 1835Thirlwall Greece viii. I. 315 An obe, which originally signified a village or district.a1873Lytton Pausanias iv. v, The divisions or obes acknowledged by the State.