ὀβολοστάτης
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
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.
