ὀβολοστάτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ου, ὁ, (ἵστημι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">weigher of obols</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">petty usurer</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1155</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>154</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.168</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>8.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Onos.1.20</span> ; but <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν πλουσίων τριάκοντα ᾑρέθησαν ὀ., ὅ ἐστι δανεισταὶ ἐπὶ ὀβολῷ τὴν μνᾶν δανείζοντες</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.39</span> : perh. from <b class="b3">στῆσαι</b>, = [[δανεῖσαι]] ; cf. [[στάσιμος]] and Hsch. s. vv. <b class="b3">ὀβολοστάτης, ἱστάνειν</b> :—fem. ὀβολο-στάτις, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ax.</span>367b</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.3.112</span> : hence ὀβολο-στᾰτική (sc. <b class="b3">τέχνη</b>), ἡ, <b class="b2">the trade of a petty usurer</b>, and generally, <b class="b2">usury</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1258b2</span>.</span>