ὀβολοστάτης
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
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.
