Associations to the word «Obolus»

Wiktionary

OBOLUS, noun. A silver coin minted in Ancient Greece, valued at a sixth of a drachma.

Dictionary definition

OBOLUS, noun. A Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King