τριώβολον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[τριώδελον]] (q. v.), τό, ([[ὀβολός]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[three-obol-piece]], [[half-drachma]], [[triobol]], [[hemidrachm]],  οὐκ ἄξιος τριωβόλου <span class="bibl">Nicopho 12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>125</span>; ὀψωνεῖν μέχρι τριωβόλου <span class="bibl">Eub.88</span>, etc.—At Athens, this was </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[pay of the dicasts]] or [[pay of jurymen]] for a day's sitting in court, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>51</span>,<span class="bibl">800</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[pay given to the members of the]] [[ἐκκλησία]] whenever they chose to attend, first given about <span class="bibl">392</span> B.C., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ec.</span>292</span>,<span class="bibl">308</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[pay of the marine soldiery]] (ἐπιβάται), <span class="bibl">Th.8.45</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.5.7</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[a tax paid by]] [[μέτοικος|μέτοικοι]] (or perh. [[by freedment who became such]]), <span class="bibl">Men.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[a weight of three obols]], <span class="bibl">Sor.1.63</span>.</span>