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drachma (old form, drachŭma , like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae (
I.gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.; “usually drachmarum,” Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = δραχμή.
I. A small Greek coin, a drachma or drachm, of about the same value as the Roman denarius, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 52; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 84 sq.; Ter. And. 2, 6, 20; Cic. Fam. 2, 17; id. Fl. 15, 34; Hor. S. 2, 7, 43 et saep.—
II. As a weight, the eighth part of an uncia, the half of a sicilicus, about the same as our drachm, Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185; Rhem. Fann. de Pond. 17 sq.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.17
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.1
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 2.4
    • Horace, Satires, 2.7.43
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.52
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