See obolus on Wiktionary
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]
},
{
"form": "obolīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "obole",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "obolī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "obolus<2>"
},
"expansion": "obolus m (genitive obolī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "obolus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"obolus (Greek coin)"
],
"links": [
[
"obolus",
"#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A unit of weight, equal to one-sixth of a drachma"
],
"links": [
[
"weight",
"weight"
],
[
"drachma",
"drachma"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.bo.lus/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɔbɔɫ̪ʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈo.bo.lus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɔːbolus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "obolus"
}
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