ὀβολοστάτης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ὀβολοστᾰτήρ (obolostătḗr)
Etymology
From ὀβολός (obolós, “obolus”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to weigh”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.bo.los.tá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.bo.losˈta.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.βo.losˈta.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.vo.losˈta.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.vo.losˈta.tis/
Noun
ὀβολοστᾰ́της • (obolostắtēs) m (genitive ὀβολοστᾰ́του); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὀβολοστᾰ́της ho obolostắtēs |
τὼ ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ obolostắtā |
οἱ ὀβολοστᾰ́ται hoi obolostắtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀβολοστᾰ́του toû obolostắtou |
τοῖν ὀβολοστᾰ́ταιν toîn obolostắtain |
τῶν ὀβολοστᾰτῶν tôn obolostătôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀβολοστᾰ́τῃ tōî obolostắtēi |
τοῖν ὀβολοστᾰ́ταιν toîn obolostắtain |
τοῖς ὀβολοστᾰ́ταις toîs obolostắtais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὀβολοστᾰ́την tòn obolostắtēn |
τὼ ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ obolostắtā |
τοὺς ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾱς toùs obolostắtās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾰ obolostắtă |
ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾱ obolostắtā |
ὀβολοστᾰ́ται obolostắtai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὀβολοστᾰτέω (obolostătéō)
- ὀβολοστᾰτῐκή (obolostătĭkḗ)
- ὀβολοστᾰ́τῐς (obolostắtĭs)
Further reading
- “ὀβολοστάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀβολοστάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀβολοστάτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette