Nabis — νάβις, (succeeded in making himself tyrant of Lacedaemon on the death of Machanidas, BC 207 (and others of the name)
Ancient Greek word, found 46 times in the texts on Socratos.
Plutarch, Philopoemen 12.4: Νάβιδος δὲ τοῦ μετὰ Μαχανίδαν τυραννοῦντος Λακεδαιμονίων Μεσσήνην ἄφνω καταλαβόντος, ἐτύγχανε μὲν ἰδιώτης ὢν τότε ὁ Φ …