drachma
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- 16
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Definition of drachma
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
“'Who is he, and where does he come from?' said I, 'and what does he charge?' 'Evenus of Paros, Socrates,' said he, 'and his fee is 500 drachmae.' I felt that Evenus was to be congratulated if he really was a master of this art and taught it at such a moderate fee.”
“2008, Philip Matyszak, Ancient Athens on Five Drachmas a Day (title of the book)”
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noun
-
The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.
“'Who is he, and where does he come from?' said I, 'and what does he charge?' 'Evenus of Paros, Socrates,' said he, 'and his fee is 500 drachmae.' I felt that Evenus was to be congratulated if he really was a master of this art and taught it at such a moderate fee.”
“2008, Philip Matyszak, Ancient Athens on Five Drachmas a Day (title of the book)”
- A coin worth one drachma.
- An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
- A later Greek weight equal to a gram.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin drachma and its etymon Doric Greek δρᾰχμᾱ́ (drăkhmā́). Doublet of dram, diram, dirham, dirhem, adarme, and dam.
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