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Headword: *)obolo/s
Adler number: omicron,7
Translated headword: obol
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[Meaning] the interest [of that sum]. [sc. Or] a kind of coin. Amongst Athenians an obol is six chalkoi ["coppers"],[1] a chalkous 7 leptoi.[2] The talent of silver [sc. weighs] 4 of the present [sc. pounds][3] and 8 and 6 coins; the mina is a sixtieth of the talent. The talent of gold is six times as much.

Greek Original:

*)obolo/s: o( to/kos. ei)=dos nomi/smatos. o)bolo\s de\ para\ *)aqhnai/ois e(/c e)sti xalkw=n, o( de\ xalkou=s leptw=n z#. to\ de\ ta/lanton tou= a)rguri/ou tw=n nu=n d# kai\ nomisma/twn h# kai\ #2#: h( de\ mna= e(chkosto/n e)sti tou= tala/ntou. to\ de\ ta/lanton tou= xrusi/ou e(capla/sio/n e)sti.

Notes:

Same (odd) entry in Photius omicron10 Theodoridis and other lexica.
See also omicron 8, omicron 9, tau 34.
[1] Eight, rather.
[2] cf. chi 55.
[3] The word for pounds (lambda 623) is present in Photius and elsewhere.

Keywords: definition; economics; mathematics; science and technology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 September 2009@05:54:38.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (set status) on 28 September 2009@09:55:06.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 29 September 2009@03:13:09.
Catharine Roth (raised status) on 26 December 2009@00:34:25.
David Whitehead on 20 June 2013@05:20:00.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 5 February 2014@05:13:46.

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