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drakhme

drakhme is the alternative form of drachma.

Meaning of drachma

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.
    • '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...
  2. A coin worth one drachma.
  3. An Ancient Greek weight of about 66.5 grains, or 4.3 grams.
  4. A later Greek weight equal to a gram.

Forms of drakhme

pluraldrakhmai

Origin of drakhme

From Ancient Greek δρᾰχμή (drăkhmḗ).

Questions about drakhme

What is drakhme the alternative form of?
Drakhme is the alternative form of drachma.

Words near drakhme in the dictionary

  1. drakestones
  2. drakestoning
  3. Drakewalls
  4. drakhma
  5. drakhmai
  6. drakhme
  7. Drako
  8. Drakon
  9. Drakonian
  10. dralon
  11. dram

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