drachma

Alternative forms

• drachm

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “a drachma”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to grasp, seize”)

Noun

drachma (plural drachmas or drachmae or drachmai)

1. The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
2. A coin worth one drachma.
3. An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains.
4. A later Greek weight equal to a gram.

Alternative forms

• drachuma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdrakʰ.ma/

Noun

drachma f (genitive drachmae); first declension

1. drachma (Ancient Greek coin, one hundredth of a mina)

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
• drachma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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