Obolus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Obolus is a noun meaning A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.
Meaning
A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of obelus.
- (historical) A unit of weight, equal to one-sixth of a drachma.
Example Sentences
Dav. […] And after that I met the boy of Chremes With fishes, and an obolus of herbs.
The Globe editors have marked it with the obolus according to their explanation in the preface: "Whenever a lacuna occurs too great to be filled out with any approach to certainty by conjecture, we have marked the passage with an obolus (†)".
Word Forms
- oboli
- oboluses
- obol
- obolos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include obol, dodecadrachm, tetradrachm, decadrachm, tridrachma, pentadrachm.
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