τριώβολον

English (LSJ)

Dor. τριώδελον (q. v.), τό, (ὀβολός)

   A three-obol-piece, half-drachma, οὐκ ἄξιος τριωβόλου Nicopho 12, cf. Ar.Pl.125; ὀψωνεῖν μέχρι τριωβόλου Eub.88, etc.—At Athens, this was    1 pay of the dicasts or jurymen for a day's sitting in court, Ar.Eq.51,800, etc.    2 pay given to the members of the ἐκκλησία whenever they chose to attend, first given about 392 B.C., Id.Ec.292,308.    3 pay of the marine soldiery (ἐπιβάται), Th.8.45, X.HG1.5.7, etc.    4 a tax paid by μέτοικοι (or perh. by freedment who became such), Men.35.    II a weight of three obols, Sor.1.63.