ὀβολοστάτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀβολοστᾰτήρ (obolostatḗr)

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 • (obolostátēs) 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 obolostátēs	τὼ ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ obolostátā	οἱ ὀβολοστᾰ́ται hoi obolostátai
Genitive	τοῦ ὀβολοστᾰ́του toû obolostátou	τοῖν ὀβολοστᾰ́ταιν toîn obolostátain	τῶν ὀβολοστᾰτῶν tôn obolostatôn
Dative	τῷ ὀβολοστᾰ́τῃ tôi obolostátēi	τοῖν ὀβολοστᾰ́ταιν toîn obolostátain	τοῖς ὀβολοστᾰ́ταις toîs obolostátais
Accusative	τὸν ὀβολοστᾰ́την tòn obolostátēn	τὼ ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ obolostátā	τοὺς ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾱς toùs obolostátās
Vocative	ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾰ obolostáta	ὀβολοστᾰ́τᾱ obolostátā	ὀβολοστᾰ́ται obolostátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀβολοστᾰτέω (obolostatéō)
• ὀβολοστᾰτῐκή (obolostatikḗ)
• ὀβολοστᾰ́τῐς (obolostátis)

 

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