óbolo

• óbulo (obsolete)

Learned borrowing from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, rod”).

• Hyphenation: ó‧bo‧lo

óbolo m (plural óbolos)

1. obolus (silver coin)
2. (figuratively) alms (donation of little value, given to the poor)
3. (mathematics) unit of weight that is approximately equivalent to 0.72 grams
4. Charon's obol (a coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial)

From Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈobolo/ [ˈo.β̞o.lo]
• Rhymes: -obolo
• Syllabification: ó‧bo‧lo

óbolo m (plural óbolos)

1. obolus
2. mite; couple of pennies

• “óbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024