LogeionPerseus analysis of ὀβελοῖσιν:
ὀβελός (spit): masc dat pl (epic ionic aeolic)
LSJ entry
ὀβελός
ὀβελός,
Dor. ὀδελός,
ὁ,
3. = ὀβολός, IG 12.6.95,
al., Milet. 7.59
:—so in Dor. form ὀδελός,
Leg.Gort. 2.14,
GDI 5011.5
(Crete, iv B. C.),
ib. 2561
D 27,
al. (Delph., iv B. C.),
etc. :
Thess. ὀβελλός IG 9(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.