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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obolus  \Ob"o*lus\,  n.;pl.  {Oboli}.  [L.,  fr  Gr  (?)]  (Gr.Antiq.) 
  a  A  small  silver  coin  of  Athens,  the  sixth  part  of  a 
  drachma,  about  three  cents  in  value. 
  b  An  ancient  weight,  the  sixth  part  of  a  drachm. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obolus 
  n  :  a  Greek  unit  of  weight  equal  to  one  tenth  of  a  gram 




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