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ἡμιωβόλιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμιωβόλιον

Structure: ἡμιωβολι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: o)/bolos

Sense

  1. a half-obol

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡμιωβόλιον ἡμιωβολίω ἡμιωβόλια
Genitive ἡμιωβολίου ἡμιωβολίοιν ἡμιωβολίων
Dative ἡμιωβολίῳ ἡμιωβολίοιν ἡμιωβολίοις
Accusative ἡμιωβόλιον ἡμιωβολίω ἡμιωβόλια
Vocative ἡμιωβόλιον ἡμιωβολίω ἡμιωβόλια

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐκ ἀποδοκιμάζειν δὲ οὐδ’ ἅμα πολλῶν ἀγοραίων στρατηγεῖν καὶ εὐθὺσ τούτοισ δανείζειν καὶ τῆσ δραχμῆσ τόκον τρία ἡμιωβόλια τῆσ ἡμέρασ πράττεσθαι. (Theophrastus, Characters, 9:1)
  • καιρόν, ὁ δὲ μικρολόγοσ τοιοῦτόσ τισ, οἱο͂σ ἐν τῷ μηνὶ ἡμιωβόλιον ἀπαιτεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν. (Theophrastus, Characters, 2:1)
  • εἰπόντοσ τινὸσ αὐτῷ, "ἐπίταττε ἡμῖν, Διόγενεσ," ἀπαγαγὼν αὐτὸν ἡμιωβολίου τυρὸν ἐδίδου φέρειν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 17:7)
  • ἀρνησαμένου δέ, "τὴν σήν," ἔφη, "καὶ ἐμὴν φιλίαν ἡμιωβολίου τυρίδιον διαλέλυκε. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 17:8)

Synonyms

  1. a half-obol

Similar forms

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

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