Oboli

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obolus \Ob"o*lus\, n.;pl. {Oboli}. [L., fr. Gr. (?)] (Gr.Antiq.)
     (a) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a
         drachma, about three cents in value.
     (b) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obolus
       n : a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram
       [also: {oboli} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oboli
       See {obolus}