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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δίδραχμος δίδραχμον
Genitive διδράχμου διδράχμου
Dative διδράχμῳ διδράχμῳ
Accusative δίδραχμον δίδραχμον
Vocative δίδραχμε δίδραχμον
DualN/A/V διδράχμω διδράχμω
G/D διδράχμοιν διδράχμοιν
PluralNominative δίδραχμοι δίδραχμα
Genitive διδράχμων διδράχμων
Dative διδράχμοις διδράχμοις
Accusative διδράχμους δίδραχμα
Vocative δίδραχμοι δίδραχμα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δίδραχμος διδράχμου διδραχμότερος διδραχμοτέρου διδραχμότατος διδραχμοτάτου
Adverb διδράχμως διδραχμότερον διδραχμότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

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)
  • ὁ πλουτῶν οὐ προσθήσει καὶ ὁ πενόμενοσ οὐκ ἐλαττονήσει ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡμίσουσ τοῦ διδράχμου ἐν τῷ διδόναι τὴν εἰσφορὰν Κυρίῳ ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 30:15)
  • καὶ στήσομεν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶσ ἐντολὰσ δοῦναι ἐφ’ ἡμᾶσ τρίτον τοῦ διδράχμου κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν εἰσ δουλείαν οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 10:32)
  • ἐν βραχεῖ δὲ χρόνῳ δι’ ἑαυτοῦ τε καὶ τῶν ἑταίρων πολλὴν κατακομίσασ ἀγορὰν διεμέτρει τοῖσ πολίταισ, ἀντὶ δώδεκα δραχμῶν διδράχμου ἀπομετρῶν τὸν μόδιον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 12, chapter 1 1:2)

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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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