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δίδραχμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίδραχμος δίδραχμον

Structure: διδραχμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/s, draxmh/

Sense

  1. worth two drachms: with pay of two drachms a day
  2. a double-drachm or half-shekel

Examples

  • καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ὃ δώσουσιν ὅσοι ἂν παραπορεύωνται τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν. τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ διδράχμου, ὅ ἐστιν κατὰ τὸ δίδραχμον τὸ ἅγιον. εἴκοσιν ὀβολοὶ τὸ δίδραχμον, τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ τοῦ διδράχμου εἰσφορὰ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 30:13)
  • καὶ πᾶσα τιμὴ ἔσται σταθμίοισ ἁγίοισ. εἴκοσιν ὀβολοὶ ἔσται τὸ δίδραχμον. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 27:25)
  • καὶ λήψῃ πέντε σίκλουσ κατὰ κεφαλήν, κατὰ τὸ δίδραχμον τὸ ἅγιον λήψῃ, εἴκοσιν ὀβολοὺσ τοῦ σίκλου, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 3:47)
  • Πυθοκλῆσ Ἀθηναῖοσ Ἀθηναίοισ συνεβούλευσε τὸν μόλυβδον τὸν ἐκ τῶν Λαυρίων παραλαμβάνειν παρὰ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν τὴν πόλιν, ὥσπερ ἐπώλουν, δίδραχμον, εἶτα τάξαντασ αὐτοὺσ τιμὴν ἑξαδράχμου οὕτω πωλεῖν. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 129:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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