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Weight/Mass | Convert from obol, obolos, obolus [Greece] to libra [Italy] |
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Common Weight Conversions Metric Weight Conversions Unit Definition (obol, obolos, obolus [Greece]) The obol, obolos, obolus [Greece] is a historic unit of weight or mass. The obol is a very small weight that originated as the weight of a tiny Greek coin. In modern Greece, the obolos is an informal name for the decigram (0.1 gram). Unit Definition (libra [Italy]) The libra [Italy] is a traditional unit of weight. The libra was the Roman unit from which the English pound is descended; the symbol "lb" for the pound comes from this unit. The traditional Italian libbra was often of similar size, but a wide variety of libbras were used in Italian markets over the centuries. The word "libra" is sometimes used now for the kilogram, a much larger unit.
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