three hundred
Triakosioi denotes an amount of three hundred in the stated price of ointment.
The attested use marks an amount of three hundred in the proposed sale price of ointment, with both occurrences placing the genitive plural neuter form alongside denarii.
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Amount in an ointment's proposed sale price · dominant
In John 12:5, the genitive plural neuter form occurs in the question of selling ointment and giving the proceeds to the poor; the APB renders the clause "sold for three hundred denarii." In Mark 14:5, the same form occurs in the complaint that the ointment could have been sold; the APB renders "more than three hundred denarii."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the amount as "three hundred denarii" in John 12:5 and "more than three hundred denarii" in Mark 14:5. The added "more than" should not be assigned to the lemma itself.