tetartemorion

noun

te·tar·te·mo·ri·on

tə̇ˌtärtəˈmōrēˌän,

-ēən

variants or less commonly tartemorion

ˌtärtəˈ-

plural -s

: a small coin struck in Athens and in several small city-states of the ancient Greeks : a quarter obol

Word History

Etymology

tetartemorion from Greek tetartēmorion, from tetartē one fourth (from feminine of tetartos) + morion part, portion, diminutive of moros part (akin to Greek meros part); tartemorion from Greek tartēmorion, short for tetartēmorion