Ὀβολοστατεῖ
weighs obols
Translated by David Whitehead12 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀβολοστατεῖ· ἀντὶ τοῦ δανείζει. Λυσίας· οὐδ' ἂν οἱ πολλοὶ ἐλάττονα τόκον λογίσαιτό τις, ἢ ὅσον οὗτοι ὀβολοστατοῦντες τοὺς ἄλλους πράττονται. ἔλεγον δὲ ὀβολοστάτας τοὺς δανειστάς, ὡς Ὑπερίδης καὶ ἡ κωμῳδία.
Betacode
*)obolostatei=: a)nti\ tou= danei/zei. *lusi/as: ou)d' a)\n oi( polloi\ e)la/ttona to/kon logi/saito/ tis, h)\ o(/son ou(=toi o)bolostatou=ntes tou\s a)/llous pra/ttontai. e)/legon de\ o)bolosta/tas tou\s daneista/s, w(s *(uperi/dhs kai\ h( kwmw|di/a.
Notes (3)
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.
- 1Third person singular, present, of
o)bolostate/w ; extracted, according to Harpok., from Lysias fr. 201 Sauppe (now 253 Carey OCT). ↩ - 2Lysias fr. 156 Sauppe (now 209 Carey OCT), reading
ei) polu\ e)la/ttona (as in Harpok.) rather than theoi( polloi\ e)la/ttona transmitted here. ↩ - 3Hyperides fr. 181 Jensen. ("Obol-weigher" appears as omicron 10, with an unrelated gloss.) ↩
Linked from2 entries
- ο7Ὀβολόςobol[Meaning] the interest [of that sum]. [sc. Or] a kind of coin. Amongst Athenians an obol is six chalkoi ["coppers"], a chalkous 7 leptoi. The talent of silver [sc. weighs] 4 of the present [sc. pounds] and 8 and 6…
- ο10Ὀβολοστάτηςobol-weigherAn oracular response of the Pythia: "give me what I want, and don't give what I don't want."
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