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ὀβολοστάτης
ὀβολοστάτης [ᾰ], ου, ὁ, ( ἵστημι)

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a weigher of obols

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ὀβολοστάτης [ᾰ], ου, ὁ, ( ἵστημι)
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weigher of obols, i.e. petty usurer, Ar. Nu. 1155, Hyp. Fr. 154, Antiph. 168, Philostr. VA 8.7, Onos. 1.20 ; but ἐκ τῶν πλουσίων τριάκοντα ᾑρέθησαν ὀ., ὅ ἐστι δανεισταὶ ἐπὶ ὀβολῷ τὴν μνᾶν δανείζοντες Sch. Aeschin. 1.39 : perh. from στῆσαι, = δανεῖσαι ; cf. στάσιμος and Hsch. s. vv. ὀβολοστάτης, ἱστάνειν :—fem. ὀβολο-στάτις, Pl. Ax. 367b, Poll. 3.112 : hence ὀβολο-στᾰτική (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, the trade of a petty usurer, and generally, usury, Arist. Pol. 1258b2.

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          "definition": "<i>weigher of obols,</i> i.e. <i>petty usurer,</i> Ar. Nu. 1155, Hyp. Fr. 154, Antiph. 168, Philostr. VA 8.7, Onos. 1.20 ; but ἐκ τῶν πλουσίων τριάκοντα ᾑρέθησαν ὀ., ὅ ἐστι δανεισταὶ ἐπὶ ὀβολῷ τὴν μνᾶν δανείζοντες Sch. Aeschin. 1.39 : perh. from στῆσαι, = δανεῖσαι ; cf. στάσιμος and Hsch. s. vv. ὀβολοστάτης, ἱστάνειν :—fem. ὀβολο-στάτις, Pl. Ax. 367b, Poll. 3.112 : hence ὀβολο-στᾰτική (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, <i>the trade of a petty usurer,</i> and generally, <i>usury,</i> Arist. Pol. 1258b2.",
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