oboli
- plural of obolus.
Example Sentences
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The obolus is valued by Mr. Hussey at something more than three half-pence; seven oboli and a half would therefore be about a shilling.
From The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by Watson, John Selby
He sold his manuscripts, and secured to himself, from the sale, a sum of four oboli a day, which was to be his whole income.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
Caraccio, Aretine, and Raphael studied the figures on the old oboli and drachmas.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
“I’ll accept the office on a salary of two hundred oboli a month, with Saturdays off.”
From A House-Boat on the Styx by Bangs, John Kendrick
I found a man, An honest fishmonger of pickled fish, Of whom I bought a huge fish ready scaled, Cheap at a drachma, for two oboli.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
