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τριώβολον

τριώβολον, a three-obol-piece, a half-drachma

τρῐώβολ-ον, Dor. τριώδελον (q. v.), τό, (ὀβολός)
  • three-obol-piece, half-drachma, οὐκ ἄξιος τριωβόλου Nicopho 12, cf. Ar. Pl. 125; ὀψωνεῖν μέχρι τριωβόλου Eub. 88, etc.—At Athens, this was
      • 1 pay of the dicasts or jurymen for a dayʼs sitting in court, Ar. Eq. 51, 800, etc.
      • 2 pay given to the members of the ἐκκλησία whenever they chose to attend, first given about 392 B.C., Id. Ec. 292, 308.
      • 3 pay of the marine soldiery (ἐπιβάται), Th. 8.45, X. HG 1.5.7, etc.
      • 4 a tax paid by μέτοικοι (or perh. by freedmen who became such), Men. 35.
    • II a weight of three obols, Sor. 1.63.

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