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
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
And while not spending more than twenty-five minae of the five thousand drachmae charged for their father's monument, he charged half that amount to himself, and half to them.
From The Orations of Lysias by Lysias
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
Take back, take back your viands; for a thousand drachmae I would not give a drop of peace; but who are you, pray?
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
