Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δραχμιαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δραχμιαῖος δραχμιαῖη δραχμιαῖον

Structure: δραχμιαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from draxmh/

Sense

  1. worth a drachma, to the amount of a drachma

Examples

  • "ὁ μὲν γὰρ Τουβέρων παρὰ τῶν ἐν τοῖσ ἰδίοισ ἀγροῖσ ὄρνιθασ ὠνεῖτο δραχμιαίουσ, ὁ δὲ Ῥουτίλιοσ παρὰ τῶν ἁλιευόντων αὑτοῦ δούλων τριωβόλου τὴν μνᾶν τοῦ ὄψου καὶ μάλιστα τοῦ θυρσίωνοσ καλουμένου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 10439)

Synonyms

  1. worth a drachma

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

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