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1. (n.) obelus
a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out questionable words or passages.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < LL < Gk obelós spit, pointed pillar)
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1. (noun) obelus
a mark [thus /, or Ö ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
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1. obelus
a small coin worth about a penny, according to a custom among the Greeks placed in the mouth of a corpse at burial to pay to Charon to ferry the ghost of it over the Styx.
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