weigher of obols, petty usurer, the trade of a petty usurer, usury
weigher of obols, i.e. petty usurer, Ar. Nu. 1155, Hyp. Fr. 154, Antiph. 168, Philostr. VA 8.7, Onos. 1.20 ; but ἐκ τῶν πλουσίων τριάκοντα ᾑρέθησαν ὀ., ὅ ἐστι δανεισταὶ ἐπὶ ὀβολῷ τὴν μνᾶν δανείζοντες Sch. Aeschin. 1.39 : perh. from στῆσαι, = δανεῖσαι ; cf. στάσιμος and Hsch. s. vv. ὀβολοστάτης, ἱστάνειν :—fem. ὀβολο-στάτις, Pl. Ax. 367b, Poll. 3.112 : hence ὀβολο-στᾰτική (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, the trade of a petty usurer, and generally, usury, Arist. Pol. 1258b2.