ὀβελ-ίσκος, ὁ,
diminutive of ὀβελός I, small spit, skewer, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1007, “Nu.” 178, “V.” 354, “Av.” 388, 672, 3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus Comedy texts 1.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.7, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1324b19, “PEleph.” 5.2 (3rd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 plural, spits used as money, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 17, “Fab.” 27 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; compare ὀβολός near the end
__3 nail, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.313.141 (probably), 11(2).148.70 (Delos, 3rd c.BC, _plural_). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 = subula, [[“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”] Refs]
__5 window bar, [[[prev. work] (_plural_). ] Refs]
__II anything shaped like a spit: the blade of a two-edged sword, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.23.7 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; the iron head of the Roman pilum, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.46. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III obelisk, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.46, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.27, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 36.64. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__IV drainage-conduit, οἱ ἐν τοῖς τείχεσιν ὀ. [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.45, compare “IG” 9(1).692.14 (Corc., 2nd c.BC) ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; so perhaps περὶ τοῦ πιλῶνος (= πυλῶνος) καὶ τοὐβιλίσκου (= τοῦ ὀβελίσκου) [[ “PLond.” 2.391.2 (6th c.AD);compare ὀβολίσκος 1. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]