different between obolus vs tetartemorion

English

Alternative forms

• obol
• obolos

Etymology

Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (obolós), from ?????? (obelós). Doublet of obole and pul

Noun

obolus (plural oboli or oboluses)

1. A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o.bo.lus/, [??b????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.bo.lus/, [???b?lus]

Noun

obolus m (genitive obol?); second declension

1. obolus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• obolus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obolus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• obolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• obolus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obolus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????????? (tetart?mórion)

Noun

tetartemorion (plural tetartemorions)

1. (historical) A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at 1/4 of an obolus.

See also

• tritetartemorion