In the Latin text, the start and end of passages which are deeply corrupt and therefore difficult to correct are indicated by an asterisk, instead of the usual dagger (obelus). From Wordnik.com. [The Last Poems of Ovid] Reference
No Super-Ego, Just id: id obelus has a new project in the works. From Wordnik.com. [Hipster, please!: +1 blog of nerd music & culture] Reference
English mathematician who introduced the division sign (obelus, ÷) into England. From Wordnik.com. [Nothingandall] Reference
The obelus was first used by Johann Rahn (1622-1676) in 1659 in Teutsche Algebra. From Wordnik.com. [Nothingandall] Reference
The purpose of the doubly pointed obelus is plainly indicated here, as it accompanies two of these catchwords. From Wordnik.com. [A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York] Reference
The “obelus” was the smallest Greek silver coin, and was equal in value to about three halfpence of our money. From Wordnik.com. [The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes] Reference
But such was not the usage of Budaeus; he employed the obelus merely to call attention to something that interested him. From Wordnik.com. [A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York] Reference
It is remarkable, for instance, that on a passage (65, 11) which, as the appended obelus shows, he must have read with attention, he has not added the very different reading of the Parisinus. From Wordnik.com. [A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York] Reference
The simple obelus apparently denotes interest, the pointed obelus great interest, the doubly pointed obelus intense interest, and the pointing finger of a carefully drawn hand burning interest. From Wordnik.com. [A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York] Reference
Hexapla, the obelus was prefixed to words or lines which were wanting in the Hebrew, and therefore, from Origen's point of view, of doubtful authority, while the asterisk called attention to words or lines wanting in the Septuagint, but present in the Hebrew. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
A doubly pointed obelus opposite an interesting passage, the text of which shows no variants or editorial questionings. From Wordnik.com. [A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York] Reference
Hebrew text which had been omitted by the Septuagint and were borrowed by him from Theodotion; he marked with the obelus (. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
The close of the context to which the obelus or asterisk was intended to apply was marked by another sign known as the metobelus "(Swete). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Maximus est obelus circus quem maximus olim. From Wordnik.com. [The Care of Books] Reference
Homerow Records id obelus. From Wordnik.com. [Hipster, please!: +1 blog of nerd music & culture] Reference
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