triobolus
From LSJ
Δύναται τὸ πλουτεῖν καὶ φιλανθρώπους ποιεῖν → Being rich can even produce a social conscience → Animos nonnumquam humanos concinnant opes → Mitunter macht der Reichtum Menschen auch human
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
trĭōbŏlus: i, m., = τριώβολος.
I As a coin, a piece of three oboli, a half-drachm; used to denote a trifle: negare se debere tibi triobolum, a sixpence, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 26: neque triobolum ullum amicae das, id. Poen. 4, 2, 46; id. Rud. 4, 3, 100; 5, 2, 43; 5, 2, 67; cf.: non ego homo trioboli sum, nisi, etc., id. Poen. 1, 2, 168. —
II As a weight, half a drachm, Cato, R. R. 127, 2; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 46.
