What does "obolus" mean?

A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.

What is a synonym for "obolus"?

Common synonyms include: greek coin, obol, small coin.

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Noun

1
A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.
2
Alternative form of obelus. alt-of, alternative
"The Globe editors have marked it with the obolus according to their explanation in the preface: "Whenever a lacuna occurs too great to be filled out with any approach to certainty by conjecture, we have marked the passage with an obolus (†)"."
3
a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram wordnet
4
A unit of weight, equal to one-sixth of a drachma. historical
"Dav. […] And after that I met the boy of Chremes With fishes, and an obolus of herbs."

"Dav. […] And after that I met the boy of Chremes With fishes, and an obolus of herbs."

From Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós). Doublet of obole and pul.