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ὀβολοστατική

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀβολοστατική

Structure: ὀβολοστατικ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the trade of a petty usurer, usury

Examples

  • καὶ ταύτησ μὲν ἀναγκαίασ καὶ ἐπαινουμένησ, τῆσ δὲ μεταβλητικῆσ ψεγομένησ δικαίωσ οὐ γὰρ κατὰ φύσιν ἀλλ’ ἀπ’ ἀλλήλων ἐστίν, εὐλογώτατα μισεῖται ἡ ὀβολοστατικὴ διὰ τὸ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τοῦ νομίσματοσ εἶναι τὴν κτῆσιν καὶ οὐκ ἐφ’ ὅπερ ἐπορίσθη. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 1 141:1)

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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