different between obol vs obolo

English

Alternative forms

• obolos
• obolus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (obolós) (literally “spit” or “iron rod”). Doublet of obole and pul.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??.b?l/, /?o?.b?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???b?l/, /??.b?l/

Noun

obol (plural obols)

1. (historical) A silver coin of Ancient Greece.

   In Classical Athens, there were six obols to one drachma.

2. (historical) A weight, equivalent to one sixth of a drachma.

Derived terms

• diobol
• triobol

Coordinate terms

• drachma

Translations

Anagrams

• BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, bool, lobo, loob

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?bol/

Noun

oból m  or óbol m (plural oboolá f)

1. dust

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Romanian

Etymology

From French obole, from Latin obolus.

Noun

obol n (plural oboluri)

1. obole

Declension

English

Etymology

Compare obolus.

Noun

obolo (plural obolos)

1. An old copper coin of the Ionian Islands.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (obolós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?bolo/
• Hyphenation: o?bo?lo
• Rhymes: -olo

Noun

obolo (accusative singular obolon, plural oboloj, accusative plural obolojn)

1. obol

Italian

Noun

obolo m (plural oboli)

1. small offering
2. (historical, money) obolus, obol

Latin

Noun

obol?

1. dative singular of obolus
2. ablative singular of obolus

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

obolo (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. neuter singular active past participle of obosti