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ὀβελός

ὀβελός, a spit

ὀβελ-ός, Dor. ὀδελός, ὁ,
  • spit, ἀμφʼ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν Il. 1.465, al., cf. Hdt. 2.41, 135, E. Cyc. 303; αἱματίου ὀβελὸς τρικώλιος SIG 1025.53 (Cos); ὀδελοί Epich. 79; κρῆς . . ἂν τὸν ὀδελὸν ἀμπεπαρμένον Megar. in Ar. Ach. 796; τὸ θερμὸν τοῦ ὀ., prov. of taking a thing by the wrong end, S. Fr. 814.
      • 2 ὀ. λίθινος pointed square pillar, obelisk, Hdt. 2.111, 170, Jul. Ep. 59.
      • 3 = ὀβολός, IG 1(2).6.95, al., Milet. 7.59:—so in Dor. form ὀδελός, Leg.Gort. 2.14, GDI 5011.5 (Crete, iv B. C.), ib. 2561 D 27, al. (Delph., iv B. C.), etc.: Thess. ὀβελλός IG 9(2).1229.20.
    • II horizontal line,—(representation of an arrow acc. to Isid. Etym. 1.21.3), used as a critical mark to point out that a passage was spurious, Gal. 15.110, Luc. Pr.Im. 24, Sch.Il. ip.xliii Dind.; with an asterisk to denote misplaced lines, ibid.; but with one point below and one above, ὀ. περιεστιγμένος, in texts of Plato, denoted τὰς εἰκαίους ἀθετήσεις, D.L. 3.66.

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