obolus
See also: Obolus
English
Alternative forms
Obolus also very often referred to as a minor (little) monetary gift, kind of like a tip
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin obolus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós). Doublet of pul
Noun
obolus (plural oboli)
- A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.
Translations
silver coin
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈo.bo.lus/, [ˈɔbɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.bo.lus/, [ˈɔːbolus]
Noun
obolus m (genitive obolī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | obolus | obolī |
Genitive | obolī | obolōrum |
Dative | obolō | obolīs |
Accusative | obolum | obolōs |
Ablative | obolō | obolīs |
Vocative | obole | obolī |
References
- “obolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- obolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “obolus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “obolus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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