ὀβελίσκος
φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft
English (LSJ)
ὁ, Dim. of ὀβελός I,
A small spit, skewer, Ar.Ach. 1007, Nu.178, V.354, Av.388, 672, Sotad. Com.1.10, X.HG3.3.7, Arist.Pol.1324b19, PEleph.5.2 (iii B. C.), etc. 2 pl., spits used as money, Plu.Lys.17, Fab.27 ; cf. ὀβολός fin. 3 nail, IG12.313.141 (prob.), 11(2).148.70 (Delos, iii B. C., pl.). 4 = subula, Gloss. 5 window bar, ib. (pl.). II anything shaped like a spit : the blade of a two-edged sword, Plb.6.23.7 ; the iron head of the Roman pilum, D.H.5.46. III obelisk, D.S.1.46, Str.17.1.27, Plin.HN36.64. IV drainage-conduit, οἱ ἐν τοῖς τείχεσιν ὀ. D.S.19.45, cf. IG 9(1).692.14 (Corc., ii B. C.) ; so perh. περὶ τοῦ πιλῶνος (= πυλῶνος) καὶ τοὐβιλίσκου (= τοῦ ὀβελίσκου) PLond.2.391.2 (vi A. D.) ; cf. ὀβολίσκος 1.
