ŏb'e-lĭs, n.
n.; pl. ŏb'ĕ-lī. [Lat. obelus, Gr. ὀβελός, a spit.] (Print.) A mark [thus —, or ÷]; — so called from its resemblance to a needle. In the old editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
n.; pl. ŏb'ĕ-lī. [Lat. obelus, Gr. ὀβελός, a spit.] (Print.) A mark [thus —, or ÷]; — so called from its resemblance to a needle. In the old editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.