ὀβελός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ὀδελός]], ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[spit]], ἀμφ' ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν Il.1.465, al., cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.41, 135, E.''Cyc.''303; αἱματίου ὀβελὸς τρικώλιος ''SIG''1025.53 (Cos); ὀδελοί Epich.79; <b class="b3">κρῆς.. ἂν τὸν ὀδελὸν ἀμπεπαρμένον</b> Megar. in [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''796; <b class="b3">τὸ θερμὸν τοῦ ὀβελοῦ</b>, [[proverb|prov.]] of taking a thing by the wrong end, S.''Fr.''814.<br><span class="bld">2</span> ὀβελὸς [[λίθινος]] [[pointed]] [[square]] [[pillar]], [[obelisk]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.111, 170, Jul.''Ep.''59.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[ὀβολός]], ''IG''12.6.95, al., ''Milet.''7.59:—so in Dor. form [[ὀδελός]], ''Leg.Gort.''2.14, ''GDI''5011.5 (Crete, iv B. C.), ib. 2561 ''D'' 27, al. (Delph., iv B. C.), etc.: Thess. [[ὀβελλός]] ''IG''9(2).1229.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[horizontal]] [[line]],—(representation of an arrow acc. to Isid.''Etym.''1.21.3), used as a critical mark to point out that a passage was spurious, Gal.15.110, Luc.''Pr.Im.''24, Sch.Il. ip.xliii Dind.; with an asterisk to denote misplaced lines, ibid.; but with one point below and one above, †, ὀβελὸς [[περιεστιγμένος]], in texts of Plato, denoted <b class="b3">τὰς εἰκαίους ἀθετήσεις</b>, D.L.3.66.