βάλλω
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
ὀβολός
Transliteration (Word)
obolos
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
ballō
Century
12 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Comm. Il., vol. 1, p. 208
Ed.
M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, vols. 1-4, Leiden: Brill, 1:1971; 2:1976; 3:1979; 4:1987.
Quotation
ἔοικε δὲ παρὰ μὲν τῷ ποιητῇ ταὐτοδύναμα εἶναι ὁ ὀβολὸς καὶ ὁ ὀβελός, σκεῦός τι μαγείρου ἐν τῷ ἄκρῳ ὀξὺ καὶ βάλλειν δυνάμενον καὶ βολὴν ὡς βέλους ποιεῖν·
