lepton
noun
an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a drachma.
lepta
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pluralof lepton.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The monetary unit is the new drachma, equivalent to the franc, and divided into 440 100 lepta or centimes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
A kodrantes is a small coin worth one half of an Attic chalcus or two lepta.
From The World English Bible (WEB): by Anonymous
Before the letters came, last evening, we heard continual cries of "Pende lepta," betokening the issue of an extra.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
There are nickel coins of 20, 10 and 5 lepta, copper coins of 10 and 5 lepta.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
They hurl at you instead francs, piastres, paras, drachmas, lepta, metalliks, mejidis, centimes, and English shillings.
From With the French in France and Salonika by Richard Harding Davis
