Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

charon's obol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.95 in modern English

Syllables: charon's obol
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coin placed in or on the mouth of a deceased person as a bribe or payment for Charon, the ferryman of Hades.

Example Sentences

"Also, the Charon's obol of classical tradition was a low-value coin, a symbol that death makes rich and poor equal."
"However, in tombs all over the cemetery the use of "Charon's obols" was widely practiced, primarily in the form of the local Kolkhidki minted after the Persian weight standard."
"In Pieria, particularly, gold coins or pseudo-coins were employed as lamellae, also being inscribed and on at least two occasions deposited in the burial in the same way as a Charon's obol."

Inflected Forms

Charon's obols (plural)

Synonyms

death penny

Questions

What does charon's obol mean?: A coin placed in or on the mouth of a deceased person as a bribe or payment for Charon, the ferryman of Hades.

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