ἀργύριον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῠ], τό,</b> <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">small coin, piece of money</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>262</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>19.16</span>, etc.: pl. (v. <span class="bibl">Poll.9.89</span>), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>600</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.155</span>, X.l.c.: then, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> collectively, [[money]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>156</span>,<span class="bibl">158</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἀ. ῥητόν</b> a fixed [[sum]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.70</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀ. λογισθέντα</b> calculated in [[our money]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.1.33</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. καθαρόν</b> 'hard [[cash]]', <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.36</span>: in Com. with Art., <b class="b3">τἀργύριον</b> <b class="b2">the money, the cash</b>, δανείζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>756</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπαιτεῖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1247</span>; κατατιθέναι <span class="bibl">Antiph.124.14</span>, etc.; so τἀ. καταβάλλειν <span class="bibl">Th.1.27</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἄργυρος]], [[silver]], πεντηκοσίας μνέας ἀργυρίου <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.13</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἐπίσημον</b> and ἄσημον <span class="bibl">Th.2.13</span>; χρυσίον καὶ ἀ. Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.122e; ἀργυρίου ἄνθος [[lead oxide]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>33</span>.</span>