obol

American  

[ob-uhl] / ˈɒb əl /

noun

1. a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.

2. obole.

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Etymology

Origin of obol

First recorded in 1660–70; see origin at obolus

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Example Sentences

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obol

Were the Ptolemies in essence colonial occupiers and exploiters, bent on wringing the last drachma and obol from a captive land regardless of the consequences?

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

He'll ask no obol, but instal you there On Styx's further bank without a fare.

From To Your Dog and To My Dog by Lincoln Newton Kinnicutt

For they must sell it not more than an obol dearer.

From The Orations of Lysias by Lysias

He fixed the silver obol tightly in the nerveless hand; he propped up the head with a flat stone; he spread the long deep-gold hair over her body from the forehead to the knees.

From Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite by Pierre Lou?s

They will pick up our obol," he said, "when they have come back to the consciousness of their misery.

From The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country by A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson

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