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Headword:
*diw/bolon
Adler number: delta,1222
Translated headword: double-obol
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Double-obol] and three-obol, and half-obol[1] likewise.
Greek Original:*diw/bolon kai\ *triw/bolon, kai\ *(hmiwbo/lion o(moi/ws.
Notes:
All three words here (
diôbolon, triôbolon, hêmiôbolion) are neuter nouns -- hence, presumably, the 'likewise' -- deriving from "obelos/obolos" (
omicron 7), a weight or coin. When a coin, as here, there were six to the (Attic) drachma (cf.
delta 1516). LSJ entry at web address 1.
For
diw/bolon and
triw/bolon see ?
Aristotle,
Athenaion Politeia 41.3 (web address 2: the first and second increases in pay, from 1 obol, for attending the assembly; 390s).
[1] The more authentic form is
h(miwbe/lion. See generally LSJ s.v., and cf.
alpha 2416,
eta 345,
eta 346,
pi 752.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
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Translated by: Victoria Papaprodromou on 20 April 2005@10:35:12.
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