"ὀβολός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὀβολός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /o.bo.lós/, /o.βoˈlos/, /o.voˈlos/, /o.bo.lós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /o.boˈlos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /o.βoˈlos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /o.voˈlos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /o.voˈlos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, rod”). Plutarch tells us in Lysander 17 that, in early times, nails (ὀβελοί (obeloí)) were used as money, six of which made a handful (δραχμή (drakhmḗ)), and that the name was changed to ὀβολός (obolós). Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὀβολοῦ|m|second}} ὀβολός • (obolós) m (genitive ὀβολοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὀβολός|οῦ}} Forms: obolós [romanization], ὀβολοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ὀβολός [nominative, singular], τὼ ὀβολώ [dual, nominative], οἱ ὀβολοί [nominative, plural], τοῦ ὀβολοῦ [genitive, singular], τοῖν ὀβολοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν ὀβολῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ ὀβολῷ [dative, singular], τοῖν ὀβολοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς ὀβολοῖς [dative, plural], τὸν ὀβολόν [accusative, singular], τὼ ὀβολώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς ὀβολούς [accusative, plural], ὀβολέ [singular, vocative], ὀβολώ [dual, vocative], ὀβολοί [plural, vocative]
  1. obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and a coin, equaling one sixth of a drachma
    Sense id: en-ὀβολός-grc-noun-FedWaPPQ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and a coin, equaling one sixth of a drachma
    a Corcyrean coin
    Sense id: en-ὀβολός-grc-noun-5vX5Zxpq Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ὀβολοστᾰ́της (obolostắtēs)
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  "etymology_text": "From ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, rod”). Plutarch tells us in Lysander 17 that, in early times, nails (ὀβελοί (obeloí)) were used as money, six of which made a handful (δραχμή (drakhmḗ)), and that the name was changed to ὀβολός (obolós).",
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      "ipa": "/o.bo.lós/"
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      "ipa": "/o.βoˈlos/"
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      "ipa": "/o.boˈlos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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