ὀβολοστάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀβολοστᾰτήρ (obolostătḗr)

Etymology

From ὀβολός (obolós, “obolus”) +‎ ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to weigh”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.bo.los.tá.tɛːs/ → /o.βo.losˈta.tis/ → /o.vo.losˈta.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.bo.los.tá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.bo.losˈta.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.βo.losˈta.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.vo.losˈta.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.vo.losˈta.tis/

Noun

ὀβολοστᾰ́της • (obolostắtēs) m (genitive ὀβολοστᾰ́του); second declension

1. weigher of obols, petty usurer

Declension

First declension of ὁ ὀβολοστᾰ́της; τοῦ ὀβολοστᾰ́του (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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