obolus — ozdic

Collocations

3

VERB + OBOLUS

fishes

OBOLUS + NOUN

herbs

PREP.

with

Definitions

noun

1

A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.

2

A unit of weight, equal to one-sixth of a drachma.

Dav. […] And after that I met the boy of Chremes With fishes, and an obolus of herbs.

noun

1

Alternative form of obelus.

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 (†)".

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Dav. […] And after that I met the boy of Chremes With fishes, and an obolus of herbs.

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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 ha

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, obolus is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.