τριώβολον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. τριώδελον (q. v.), τό, (ὀβολός) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">three-obol-piece, half-drachma</b>, 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">pay of the dicasts</b> or <b class="b2">jurymen</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">pay given to the members of the</b> <b class="b3">ἐκκλησία</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">pay of the marine soldiery</b> (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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">a tax paid by</b> <b class="b3">μέτοικοι</b> (or perh. <b class="b2">by freedment who became such</b>), <span class="bibl">Men.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">a weight of three obols</b>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.63</span>.</span>