Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

διωβελία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διωβελία

Etym.: di/s, o)bolo/s

Sense

  1. the allowance of two obols

Examples

  • ἔτι δ’ ἡ πονηρία τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄπληστον, καὶ τὸ πρῶτον μὲν ἱκανὸν διωβελία μόνον, ὅταν δ’ ἤδη τοῦτ’ ᾖ πάτριον, ἀεὶ δέονται τοῦ πλείονοσ, ἑώσ εἰσ ἄπειρον ἔλθωσιν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 157:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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