Noun: drachma
| Singular | drachma |
| Plural | drachmas; drachmae; drachmai |
Sample Sentences
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'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. [1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 40:]
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2008, Philip Matyszak, Ancient Athens on Five Drachmas a Day (title of the book)
Nouns inflected like drachma
topothesia,
AGN,
new drachma,
drachma,
PNN,
didrachma,
mna,
amphora,
hydria,
diaspora,
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin drachma and its etymon Doric Greek δρᾰχμᾱ́ (drăkhmā́). Doublet of dram, diram, dirham, dirhem, adarme, and dam.