trĭōbŏlus, i, m., = τριώβολος.
I As a coin, a piece of three oboli, a half-drachm; used to denote a trifle : negare se debere tibi triobolum, a sixpence , Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 26: neque triobolum ullum amicae das, id. Poen. 4, 2, 46; id. Rud. 4, 3, 100; 5, 2, 43; 5, 2, 67; cf.: non ego homo trioboli sum, nisi, etc., id. Poen. 1, 2, 168. —
II As a weight, half a drachm , Cato R. R. 127, 2; Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 9, 46.