τετρώβολον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[τετρώβολος]], -ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of four obols]], τόκος <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).860.29 (Tenos). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]] [[τετρώβολον]], τό, [[tetrobol]], [[four-obol piece]], <b class="b3">τετρωβόλου τοῦτ' ἔστιν</b> (as Kuster for [[τετρώβολον]]) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>254</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb. 34.8.8</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>982.15 (Pergam., ii B.C.), etc.; it was a soldier's daily pay, hence [[τετρωβόλου βίος]] a [[soldier]]'s [[life]], Paus.Gr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>307; so in masc. [[τετρώβολος]], of a common [[soldier]], <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>203</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[τετρώβολον]], τό, [[weight of four obols]], Dsc.4.159, Gal.12.628, etc.</span>