obolen.

Brit.

/ˈɒbəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈɑboʊl/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French obole.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman obole halfpenny and Middle French, French obole small French coin (13th cent. in Old French), type of small weight (1350; 1611 in Cotgrave in spec. sense ‘apothecaries' weight’), ancient Greek coin (1539) < classical Latin obolus obolus n. Compare obolus n. and earlier obol n.

Now historical.

1. A small silver coin in medieval Europe; spec. (a) an English halfpenny; (b) a small French coin (originally of silver, later of billon) in use from the 10th to 15th centuries and having the value of half a denier (also called a maille). Also (more generally): any coin of low value. Cf. mail n.⁴

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > other French coins

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1567 in J. A. Twemlow Liverpool Town Bks. (1918) I. 349 Everie badger..repayryng to this towne for heavynge or other fishe, shall paye for everie horse loode oone obole.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obole (obolus), a Coyn, variable according to the Country, with us it is an halfpenny.

1815 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry 175 Must every one douse down his Obole, Whether he peasant be, or noble.

1830 E. Hawkins Anglo-French Coinage 47 The obole or half denier of Henry the Second.

1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 263/1 They are, however, good Catholics..and deposit their obole in the tray which the priests present to them.

1915 E. Wharton Let. 12 Jan. (1988) 347 After dinner we all had to sit on the same sofa to keep warm, & a ghost of a waiter in a long apron shuffled up & down the endless empty vista of the hall... Of course we gave him an obole.

1977 Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1975–6 54 A crusader obole of the mint of Antioch.

†2. = obolus n. 1. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > scruple > half scruple

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1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f. 51 Scrupple..is 2. Oboles, and Oboles is 2. Siliques.

1634 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World (new ed.) II. xx. i. 36 The ordinarie dose is from half an Obulus to a Solid [i. an obole or half a scruple] according to the strength of the patient.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obole,..also a halfpenny weight, twelve grains among Apothecaries, and fourteen among Mintmen and Goldsmiths.

†3. = obol n. Obsolete.

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

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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Tetrobolo, a coine in greece of fower oboles.

1771 M. Raper in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 469 The current coin of Athens, was the silver Drachm, which they divided into 6 Oboles.

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

单词	obole
释义	obolen. Brit. /ˈɒbəʊl/, U.S. /ˈɑboʊl/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French obole. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman obole halfpenny and Middle French, French obole small French coin (13th cent. in Old French), type of small weight (1350; 1611 in Cotgrave in spec. sense ‘apothecaries' weight’), ancient Greek coin (1539) < classical Latin obolus obolus n. Compare obolus n. and earlier obol n. Now historical. 1. A small silver coin in medieval Europe; spec. (a) an English halfpenny; (b) a small French coin (originally of silver, later of billon) in use from the 10th to 15th centuries and having the value of half a denier (also called a maille). Also (more generally): any coin of low value. Cf. mail n.⁴ ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > other French coins denierc1425 Poitevina1475 blank1480 sousec1503 gigot1530 soulx1543 liarda1549 pistolor1550 obole1567 patard1583 double1586 whitea1634 sols1637 penny1656 centime1796 cent1810 sou1814 1567 in J. A. Twemlow Liverpool Town Bks. (1918) I. 349 Everie badger..repayryng to this towne for heavynge or other fishe, shall paye for everie horse loode oone obole. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obole (obolus), a Coyn, variable according to the Country, with us it is an halfpenny. 1815 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry 175 Must every one douse down his Obole, Whether he peasant be, or noble. 1830 E. Hawkins Anglo-French Coinage 47 The obole or half denier of Henry the Second. 1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 263/1 They are, however, good Catholics..and deposit their obole in the tray which the priests present to them. 1915 E. Wharton Let. 12 Jan. (1988) 347 After dinner we all had to sit on the same sofa to keep warm, & a ghost of a waiter in a long apron shuffled up & down the endless empty vista of the hall... Of course we gave him an obole. 1977 Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1975–6 54 A crusader obole of the mint of Antioch. †2. = obolus n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > scruple > half scruple obolusa1398 obole1574 obolet1727 1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f. 51 Scrupple..is 2. Oboles, and Oboles is 2. Siliques. 1634 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World (new ed.) II. xx. i. 36 The ordinarie dose is from half an Obulus to a Solid [i. an obole or half a scruple] according to the strength of the patient. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obole,..also a halfpenny weight, twelve grains among Apothecaries, and fourteen among Mintmen and Goldsmiths. †3. = obol n. Obsolete. 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 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Tetrobolo, a coine in greece of fower oboles. 1771 M. Raper in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 469 The current coin of Athens, was the silver Drachm, which they divided into 6 Oboles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1567
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