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)
  • τοῦ δὲ ξενικοῦ ἓν μὲν ξένοισ πρὸσ ξένουσ, ἄλλο δὲ ξένοισ πρὸσ ἀστούσ, ἔτι δὲ παρὰ πάντα ταῦτα περὶ τῶν μικρῶν συναλλαγμάτων, ὅσα δραχμιαῖα καὶ πεντάδραχμα καὶ μικρῷ πλείονοσ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 279:1)

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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