Look up: Obolus


  1. obolus
    [n] - a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=obolus

  2. Obolus
    Ob'o·lus noun ; plural Oboli . [ Latin , fr Greek ] (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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/4

  3. obolus
    noun a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=obolus

  4. Obolus
    From obelos, which means roasting skewer. Ancient Greek coin worth one sixth of a drachma. Ovulus, the term for the medieval Scherf (half a pfennig, or mite) is derived from this. Today people still say: 'Jemand soll seinen Obolus leisten' (i.e. to pay one´s mite).
    Found op http://www.austrian-mint.com/5

  5. Obolus
    • (n.) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm. • (n.) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/obolus/

  6. Obolus
    genus of extinct brachiopod, or lamp shell, of the Cambrian Period (from 540 to 505 million years ago). Obolus was a small animal with a spherical ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/3

  7. Obolus
    The obolus was an ancient Greek coin made of an alloy of silver and copper, and equal in value to one sixth of a drachma.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/JO.HTM

  8. obolus
    1) A greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram 2) Weight 3) Weight unit
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/obolus/1

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