Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
obolus and obol. - noun In modern Greek currency, a piece of 5 lepta.
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Examples
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And noble, a coin of France and, later, of England, originated because of association with Latin nobilis, whereas its true origin was in Greek obolos, rendered as un obol (os).
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The book includes this, "Inflationary": "In the old days you would have been charged one obolos to cross.
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