τρῐώβολ-ον, Dor.
τριώδελον(q. v.),τό, (ὀβολός)
A. three-obol-piece, half-drachma,
οὐκ ἄξιος τριωβόλου
Nicopho 12
, cf. Ar. Pl. 125 ; ὀψωνεῖν μέχρι τριωβόλου
Eub. 88
, etc.—At Athens, this was
1. pay of the dicastsorjurymenfor a day's sitting in court, Ar. Eq. 51 , 800 , etc.
2. pay given to the members of the ἐκκλησίαwhenever they chose to attend, first given about 392 B.C., Id. Ec. 292 , 308 .
3. pay of the marine soldiery(ἐπιβάται), Th. 8.45 , X. HG 1.5.7 , etc.
4. a tax paid by μέτοικοι(or perh.by freedment who became such), Men. 35 .
II. a weight of three obols,
Sor. 1.63 .