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Webster 1913 Edition
Drachma
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1.
A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents (U. S. currency, ca. 1913).
2.
A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.
3.
Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drachma
DRACHMA
,Noun.
1.
A Grecian coin. Of the value of seven pence, three farthings, sterling, or nearly fourteen cents.2.
The eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains, or three scruples; a weight used by apothecaries, but usually written dram.Definition 2024
drachma
drachma
English
Alternative forms
Noun
drachma (plural drachmas or drachmae or drachmai)
- The currency of Greece from ancient times until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
- A coin worth one drachma.
- An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains.
- A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
Derived terms
- new drachma
Translations
currency
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdrakʰ.ma/
Noun
drachma f (genitive drachmae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | drachma | drachmae |
| genitive | drachmae | drachmārum |
| dative | drachmae | drachmīs |
| accusative | drachmam | drachmās |
| ablative | drachmā | drachmīs |
| vocative | drachma | drachmae |
References
- drachma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- drachma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “drachma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- drachma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- drachma in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin