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δωδεκάδραχμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δωδεκάδραχμος δωδεκάδραχμον

Structure: δωδεκαδραχμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dra/xmh

Sense

  1. sold at, drachmae

Examples

  • σὺ δ’ ἐκ τῆσ ἐσχατιᾶσ νῦν πωλῶν τὰσ κριθὰσ ὀκτωκαιδεκαδράχμουσ καὶ τὸν οἶνον δωδεκάδραχμον πλουτεῖσ εἰκότωσ, ἐπειδὰν ποιῇσ σίτου μὲν μεδίμνουσ πλέον ἢ χιλίουσ, οἴνου δὲ μετρήτασ ὑπὲρ ὀκτακοσίουσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 25:5)

Synonyms

  1. sold at

Similar forms

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

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