noun greek

symbŏla

gen. symbŏlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

(), , , = συμβολή,

a contribution; a share; scot

a contribution of money to a feast, a share of a reckoning, one's scot, shot, = collecta (ante- and post-class.).

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Lit.: sumbolarum collatores, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 13; id. Stich. 3, 1, 28: sumbolam dare, id. ib. 3, 1, 34; so Ter. And. 1, 1, 61: aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeeo In hunc diem, ut de sumbolis essemus, id. Eun. 3, 4, 2; cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 59.—

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Transf., of blows: sine meo sumptu paratae jam sunt scapulis sumbolae, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 22; and of entertaining topics of conversation, Gell. 6, 13, 12.

Perseus ID: n47211 Key: symbola