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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

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

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

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