drachma
noun
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 lepta. dr., drch.
drachmae
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pluralof drachma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I'd say, 'I need 20 million drachmae by next Wednesday.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Another way is to take two unciae of ore, a semi-uncia of litharge, two drachmae of Venetian glass and a semi-uncia of saltpetre.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
And do we give you two drachmae, that you should treat us to all this humbug?
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
To invoke solely the weaker arguments and yet triumph is a talent worth more than a hundred thousand drachmae.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
Then she proved that he had received seven talents four thousand drachmae, and she showed the accounts of this.
From The Orations of Lysias by Lysias
