oboln.

Brit.

/ˈɒb(ɒ)l/, U.S.

/ˈɑb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obolus.

Etymology: < classical Latin obolus obolus n. Compare obolus n., obole n.In Old English the word is only attested in the passage cited in quot. OE (the plural form obolos is probably after the Latin accusative plural form). The word was evidently reborrowed in the 17th cent., and there is no continuity of use with the Old English. The form obol. (with point) is attested from the Middle English period as a graphic abbreviation for obolus n. (compare discussion at that entry).

Ancient History.

A silver (later also copper alloy) coin of ancient Greece, of the value of ¹/ ₆ of a drachma. Cf. obolus n. 3.Frequently with reference to the ancient Greek practice of placing an obol on the tongue of a dead person as a supposed payment to Charon, the mythological ferryman, for conveying that person across the Styx; cf. pass-penny n. at pass n.⁴ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Greek

obolOE

drachmc1384

mnamc1400

dramc1440

mina1495

groat1526

didrachm1548

drachma1579

obolus1579

tetradrachm1579

obole1598

philippic1651

stater1685

tetrobol1693

tridrachm1771

pentadrachm1827

triobol1837

octadrachm1848

decadrachm1856

lepton1877

dodecadrachm1881

diobol1887

trihemiobol1887

distater1895

hemiobol1921

OE Thirty Pieces of Silver in Anglia (1889) 11 8 Þæs seolfres þe geseald wæs iudan for criste, þæt bið ðreo Obolos. Ælc obol hæfð xii peningas.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 225 The Romans says Plutarch, allowed Nine Obols, or Fifteen Pence a day to him that was sent Abroad upon a publick Treaty.

1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Acharnians in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 75 A man That hath not one small obol in his purse.

1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 83 To stuff the mouth Of dikast with the due three-obol fee.

1935 M. Anderson Winterset iii. 117 I hope you placed an obol in his mouth to pay the ferry-man?

1975 S. Heaney North (1992) 65 Words Imposing on my tongue like obols.

1997 J. Williams Money i. 29 A member of an Athenian jury..was paid an allowance of three obols a day at the end of the fifth century bc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obol
释义	oboln. Brit. /ˈɒb(ɒ)l/, U.S. /ˈɑb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obolus. Etymology: < classical Latin obolus obolus n. Compare obolus n., obole n.In Old English the word is only attested in the passage cited in quot. OE (the plural form obolos is probably after the Latin accusative plural form). The word was evidently reborrowed in the 17th cent., and there is no continuity of use with the Old English. The form obol. (with point) is attested from the Middle English period as a graphic abbreviation for obolus n. (compare discussion at that entry). Ancient History. A silver (later also copper alloy) coin of ancient Greece, of the value of ¹/ ₆ of a drachma. Cf. obolus n. 3.Frequently with reference to the ancient Greek practice of placing an obol on the tongue of a dead person as a supposed payment to Charon, the mythological ferryman, for conveying that person across the Styx; cf. pass-penny n. at pass n.⁴ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > classical coins > [noun] > ancient Greek obolOE drachmc1384 mnamc1400 dramc1440 mina1495 groat1526 didrachm1548 drachma1579 obolus1579 tetradrachm1579 obole1598 philippic1651 stater1685 tetrobol1693 tridrachm1771 pentadrachm1827 triobol1837 octadrachm1848 decadrachm1856 lepton1877 dodecadrachm1881 diobol1887 trihemiobol1887 distater1895 hemiobol1921 OE Thirty Pieces of Silver in Anglia (1889) 11 8 Þæs seolfres þe geseald wæs iudan for criste, þæt bið ðreo Obolos. Ælc obol hæfð xii peningas. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 225 The Romans says Plutarch, allowed Nine Obols, or Fifteen Pence a day to him that was sent Abroad upon a publick Treaty. 1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Acharnians in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 75 A man That hath not one small obol in his purse. 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 83 To stuff the mouth Of dikast with the due three-obol fee. 1935 M. Anderson Winterset iii. 117 I hope you placed an obol in his mouth to pay the ferry-man? 1975 S. Heaney North (1992) 65 Words Imposing on my tongue like obols. 1997 J. Williams Money i. 29 A member of an Athenian jury..was paid an allowance of three obols a day at the end of the fifth century bc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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