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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">obol</b>, used both as a weight and coin, at Athens, = <span class="bibl">1</span>/<span class="bibl">6</span> of a <b class="b3">δραχμή</b>, rather more than three halfpence, <span class="title">IG</span>12.140.5, al., freq. in <span class="bibl">Ar., <span class="title">Nu.</span>118</span>, al. ; <b class="b3">πολὺ</b> or <b class="b3">μικρὸν τοῦ ὀ</b>. a thing of which you get much or little for an obol, i. e. <b class="b2">worthless</b> or <b class="b2">valuable</b>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.135</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.185</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>945</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν θεωρεῖν</b> 'to sit in the cheap seats', <span class="bibl">D.18.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as a weight, Gal.13.295, etc. (<b class="b3">ὀβολός, ὀβελός, ὀβελλός, ὀδελός</b> 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. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lys.</span>17</span>.)</span>
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">obol</b>, used both as a weight and coin, at Athens, = <span class="bibl">1</span>/<span class="bibl">6</span> of a <b class="b3">δραχμή</b>, rather more than three halfpence, <span class="title">IG</span>12.140.5, al., freq. in <span class="bibl">Ar., <span class="title">Nu.</span>118</span>, al. ; <b class="b3">πολὺ</b> or <b class="b3">μικρὸν τοῦ ὀ</b>. a thing of which you get much or little for an obol, i. e. <b class="b2">worthless</b> or <b class="b2">valuable</b>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.135</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.185</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>945</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖν δυοῖν ὀβολοῖν θεωρεῖν</b> 'to sit in the cheap seats', <span class="bibl">D.18.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as a weight, Gal.13.295, etc. (<b class="b3">ὀβολός, ὀβελός, ὀβελλός, ὀδελός</b> 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. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lys.</span>17</span>.)</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0289.png Seite 289]] ὁ, der Obol, eine Münze, = 6 [[χαλκοῦς]], der sechste Theil einer [[δραχμή]], etwa 1 Silbergr.; Ar. Nubb. 119; [[ἡλιαστικός]], der Richtersold, 853; Thuc. 5, 47 u. Folgde überall. Uebh. kleine Münze, Scheidemünze, D. C. 59, 6. – Nach Arist. bei Poll. 9, 77 u. E. M. war anfangs [[ὀβολός]] = [[ὀβελός]], s. oben [[ὀβελίσκος]]; wahrscheinlich waren spitze Stückchen Eisen oder Kupfer die ursprüngliche Münze, deren 6 die Hand füllten, [[δραχμή]].
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English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A obol, used both as a weight and coin, at Athens, = 1/6 of a δραχμή, rather more than three halfpence, IG12.140.5, 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.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 289] ὁ, der Obol, eine Münze, = 6 χαλκοῦς, der sechste Theil einer δραχμή, etwa 1 Silbergr.; Ar. Nubb. 119; ἡλιαστικός, der Richtersold, 853; Thuc. 5, 47 u. Folgde überall. Uebh. kleine Münze, Scheidemünze, D. C. 59, 6. – Nach Arist. bei Poll. 9, 77 u. E. M. war anfangs ὀβολός = ὀβελός, s. oben ὀβελίσκος; wahrscheinlich waren spitze Stückchen Eisen oder Kupfer die ursprüngliche Münze, deren 6 die Hand füllten, δραχμή.