OBOLUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: oboli   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("obolus" is a kind of...):

weight; weight unit (a unit used to measure weight)

Holonyms ("obolus" is a part of...):

g; gm; gram; gramme (a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram)

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