obol
(ˈɒbəl)
Also 8 obole.
[ad. L. obol-us, a. Gr. ὀβολός.]
= obolus 1.
| a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1693) 225 The Romans says Plutarch, allowed Nine Obols, or Fifteen Pence a day to him that was sent Abroad upon a publick Treaty. 1771 Raper in Phil. Trans. LXI. 469 The current coin of Athens, was the silver Drachm, which they divided into 6 Oboles. 1820 T. Mitchell Aristoph. I. 75 A man That hath not one small obol in his purse. 1875 Browning Aristoph. Apol. 1374 To stuff the mouth Of dikast with the due three-obol fee. |