Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.spit, “ἀμφ᾽ ὀβελοῖσιν ἔπειραν” Il.1.465, al., cf. Hdt.2.41, 135, E.Cyc.303 ; “αἱματίου ὀβελὸς τρικώλιος” SIG1025.53 (Cos) ; “ὀδελοί” Epich.79 ; κρῆς . . ἂν τὸν ὀδελὸν ἀμπεπαρμένον Megar. in Ar.Ach.796 ; τὸ θερμὸν τοῦ ὀ., prov. of taking a thing by the wrong end, S.Fr.814.

2. “ὀ. λίθινος” pointed square pillar, obelisk, Hdt.2.111, 170, Jul.Ep.59.

3. = ὀβολός, IG12.6.95, al., Milet.7.59 :—so in Dor. form ὀδελός , Leg.Gort.2.14, GDI5011.5 (Crete, iv B. C.), ib. 2561 D 27, al. (Delph., iv B. C.), etc. : Thess. ὀβελλός IG9(2).1229.20.

II. horizontal line,—(representation of an arrow acc. to Isid.Etym.1.21.3), used as a critical mark to point out that a passage was spurious, Gal.15.110, Luc.Pr.Im.24, Sch.Il. ip.xliii Dind. ; with an asterisk to denote misplaced lines, ibid. ; but with one point below and one above, <*>, ὀ. περιεστιγμένος, in texts of Plato, denoted τὰς εἰκαίους ἀθετήσεις, D.L.3.66.