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See also:NOMAD (Gr. voµas, voµabes, wandering) , a wanderer . The word is particularly used of tribes who shift continually from See also:place to place in See also:search of pasture (Gr. pipav) . The voµabes of See also:ancient See also:Greek writers meant particularly the See also:pastoral tribes of See also:North See also:Africa; hence the Latin name of the Numidians (see See also:NUMIDIA) . |
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