ὀβελίσκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ''Dim. of'' [[ὀβελός]] I,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[small spit]], [[skewer]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]'' 1007, ''Nu.''178, ''V.''354, ''Av.''388, 672, Sotad. Com.1.10, X.''HG''3.3.7, Arist.''Pol.''1324b19, ''PEleph.''5.2 (iii B. C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[spits]] used as money, Plu.''Lys.''17, ''Fab.''27; cf. [[ὀβολός]] fin.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[nail]], IG12.313.141 (prob.), 11(2).148.70 (Delos, iii B. C., pl.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> = [[subula]], ''Glossaria''<br><span class="bld">5</span> window [[bar]], ib. (pl.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> anything shaped like a spit: the [[blade]] of a two-edged sword, Plb.6.23.7; [[the iron head]] of the Roman pilum, D.H.5.46.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[obelisk]], D.S.1.46, Str.17.1.27, Plin.''HN''36.64.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[drainage-conduit]], οἱ ἐν τοῖς τείχεσιν ὀ. D.S.19.45, cf. ''IG'' 9(1).692.14 (Corc., ii B. C.); so perhaps <b class="b3">περὶ τοῦ πιλῶνος</b> (= [[πυλῶνος]]) <b class="b3">καὶ τοὐβιλίσκου</b> (= <b class="b3">τοῦ ὀβελίσκου</b>) ''PLond.''2.391.2 (vi A. D.); cf. [[ὀβολίσκος]] ''1''.