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Headword:
*tetrw/bolon
Adler number: tau,413
Translated headword: four-obol
Vetting Status: high
Translation: That is, of high value. Thus they describe something that costs four obols, is on sale for four obols.
Greek Original:*tetrw/bolon: toute/sti poluti/mhton. ou(/tw de\ le/gousi to\ tetrwboliai=on, toute/sti tetrwbo/lou pwlou/menon.
Note:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Peace 254, where the headword occurs (of Attic honey). There, as again here, it is transmitted as nominative/accusative singular, but editors (and LSJ s.v.) note Kuster's suggested emendation in
Aristophanes to genitive of price,
tetrwbo/lou.
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; food; geography
Translated by: David Whitehead on 6 March 2014@06:11:25.
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