ὀβολοστάτης
From LSJ
οὕτως ἐξ ἐχθρῶν αὐτοκτόνα πέμπετο δῶρα, ἐν χάριτος προφάσει μοῖραν ἔχοντα μόρου → thus mutual gifts that bring death were bestowed by enemies, gifts that brought the lot of death in the name of a favor
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ου, ὁ, (ἵστημι)
A weigher of obols, i. e. petty usurer, Ar.Nu.1155, Hyp.Fr.154, Antiph.168, Philostr.VA8.7, Onos.1.20 ; but ἐκ τῶν πλουσίων τριάκοντα ᾑρέθησαν ὀ., ὅ ἐστι δανεισταὶ ἐπὶ ὀβολῷ τὴν μνᾶν δανείζοντες Sch.Aeschin.1.39 : perh. from στῆσαι, = δανεῖσαι ; cf. στάσιμος and Hsch. s. vv. ὀβολοστάτης, ἱστάνειν :—fem. ὀβολο-στάτις, Pl. Ax.367b, Poll.3.112 : hence ὀβολο-στᾰτική (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, the trade of a petty usurer, and generally, usury, Arist.Pol.1258b2.
