drachma

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[653] For a drachma was only worth 6 obols, or 9¾_d. _ of our money, nearly = Roman denarius.

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  1. noun The primary unit of currency in Greece before the adoption of the euro.
  2. noun An ancient Greek silver coin.
  3. noun One of several modern units of weight, especially the dram.

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  1. Latin, from Greek drakhmē, from drassesthai, drakh-, to grasp.

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  1. Latin, also rarely drachuma, from Greek δραχμή later also δραγμή, dial. δαρχμή, δάρχμα, an Attic weight, a Grecian silver coin, literally as much as one can hold in the hand, a handful; cf. δράγμα, a handful, a sheaf, δράξ, a handful, a measure so called, from δράσσ, σ1εσθαι (√ *δρακ), grasp, take by handfuls. The English forms are drachm, dram: see dram.
 

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/ˈdrækmə/
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