The corpus record

ἡμι-ωβέλιον

emiobelion · τό

half-obol

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Where it lives

Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

ἡμι-ωβέλιον · hēmi-ōbelion — LSJ

half-obol

half-obol, IG 1(2).6.90, Eup. 154, Aeschin.Socr. 41, Arist. Rh. 1374b26, IG 11.(2).287A 40 (Delos, iii B.C.), etc.:—less correctly ἡμι-ωβόλιον, X. An. 1.5.6 codd., Arist. Fr. 589 codd. Poll., Thphr. Char. 6.9, Dsc. 4.175:

In the wild

ἡμιωβέλια · hēmiōbelia Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
ἡμιωβέλια · hēmiōbelia Aristotle, Rhetoric 1
ἡμιωβέλιον · hēmiōbelion Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.6 (DIORISIS sentence 307)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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