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Definition of Drachma
1. Noun. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
Generic synonyms: Apothecaries' Unit, Apothecaries' Weight
Terms within: Scruple
Group relationships: Apothecaries' Ounce, Ounce, Troy Ounce
2. Noun. Formerly the basic unit of money in Greece.
Definition of Drachma
1. n. 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.
Definition of Drachma
1. Noun. The currency of Greece from ancient times until 2001, with the symbol ?, since replaced by the euro. ¹
2. Noun. A coin worth one drachma. ¹
3. Noun. An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains. ¹
4. Noun. A later Greek weight equal to a gram. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drachma
1. a monetary unit of Greece [n -MAS, -MAE or -MAI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drachma
Literary usage of Drachma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1901)
"196 drachma!; gall nuts. 1.896.631 drachma!: silk and cocoons. 1.248.053 drachma!
: brandy. 1.105.533 drachma! ; sponges. 1.083.500 drachma! ..."
2. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"(British Museum.) than twenty-five cents of our money ; it was called at Athene
naveta opa^iy (Pollux, ix.76). The Athenian drachma weighed but 67.5 grains, ..."
3. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri by Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt (1898)
"The papyrus now gives the name of the coin representing six obols, ' copper
drachma/ and shows clearly that there is only one kind of obol, that of copper. ..."
4. Thucydides Translated Into English by Thucydides, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"There he Reduction distributed one month's pay among all the ships, at the Tissa-
1 •' of pay. rate of an Attic drachma" a day per man, as his envoy agrees ..."
5. The History of Thucydides by Thucydides (1829)
"ie half a drachma. 1 Agreeably to his engagement.] i, e. by the medium of this
ambassador. 3 However.] Or, nevertheless, ie though it was more than he at ..."
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