ὀβολός
ὀβολός,
ὁ,
A). obol, used both as a weight and coin, at Athens, =
1 /
6 of a
δραχμή, rather more than three halfpence,
IG 12.140.5 , al., freq. in
Ar., Nu. 118 , al.;
πολὺ or
μικρὸν τοῦ ὀ. a thing of which you get much or little for an obol, i. e.
worthless or
valuable, Antiph. 135 ,
Eup. 185 , cf.
Ar. Eq. 945 ;
ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν θεωρεῖν 'to sit in the cheap seats',
D. 18.28 .
II). as a weight,
Gal. 13.295 , etc.(
ὀβολός, ὀβελός, ὀβελλός, ὀδελός are different dialect forms of a word for 'spit' or 'nail', nails being used in early times as money, six of them making a handful (
δραχμή), cf.
Plu. Lys. 17 .)
ShortDef
an obol
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Headword (normalized):
ὀβολός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
οβολος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-71912
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὀβολός</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">obol,</span> used both as a weight and coin, at Athens, = <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1608.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1608.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a>/<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1608.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1608.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> 6 </a> of a <span class="foreign greek">δραχμή,</span> rather more than three halfpence, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.140.5 </span>, al., freq. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 118 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">πολὺ</span> or <span class="foreign greek">μικρὸν τοῦ ὀ.</span> a thing of which you get much or little for an obol, i. e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">worthless</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">valuable,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 135 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 185 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:945" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:945/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 945 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν θεωρεῖν</span> \'to sit in the cheap seats\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.28 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> as a weight, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 13.295 </span>, etc.(<span class="foreign greek">ὀβολός, ὀβελός, ὀβελλός, ὀδελός</span> are different dialect forms of a word for \'spit\' or \'nail\', nails being used in early times as money, six of them making a handful (<span class="etym greek">δραχμή</span>), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg032:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg032:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 17 </a>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}