δραχμή, -7s, ἡ, (δράσσομαι. [hence prop. a grip, a handful]), [fr. Hdt. down], a drachma, a silver coin of [nearly] the same weight as the Roman denarius (see δηνάριον) : Lk. xv. 8sq.

δραχμή drachmē 3x

a drachma, an Attic silver coin of nearly the same value as the Roman denarius, Lk. 15:8, 9*

δραχμή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< δράσσομαι), [in LXX: in Hex. for in בֶּקַע, שֶׁקֶלII Es for אֲדַרְכֹּן, דַּרְכְּמוֹן ;]

a drachma, nearly equal to the Roman denarius (v.s. δηνόριον): Lk 15:8, 9 (DCG, ii, 200).†

δραχμή δημο]σίῳ δοχικῷ, “᾿ measured by the official ‘ standard,” and as a neuter noun 74, 200°ff. (A D. 111-2) (πυροῦ) δοX(tk@) ‘by receiving measure” (Edd.). See the long note, P Hib 1. p. 228f., on the ratio of an artaba ἀνηλωτικῷ, “by spending measure,” to one δοχικῷ, the former being οἷν larger. In 26. 8713 (B.c. 256-5) the same is called μέτροις παραδ[ο]χικοῖς. Δοχή itself is common in accounts: see e g. index to P Tebt 1. = δράκων 5 is common in the magic papyri, e.g. P Leid W it 5 (ii/ili A.D.) δράκοντα δάκνοντα τὴ (1 τὴν) οὐράν, so x 38, 7b, V {. 16 {ιν A.D.) δράκων εἶ πτεροειδής, P Lond 121585 (iii/A.b.) (=I. p. 102) ὁ δράκων οὐροβόρος, 20. 181, and PSI I. 284 (Piii/iv A.p.), 299 (?iv/A.p.). In P Oxy ΠῚ. 4901 (A.b. 124) one of the witnesses to a will records that ἔστιν μου ἡ σφ[ραγὶς] δρακόμορφος : the edd. correct to δρακοντόpopdos, but in view of the common MGr δράκος, the bogey of many a folk-story, it seems better to assume the short form as genuine. It is one of many anticipations of MGr in a simplified word-formation. In a Christian amulet, Aa@zée/ 1140 "- 3, Satan is addressed as μ[Πασμα, δράκων, On[pav λ]όχε, κτλ.

δραχμή (drachmē) — drachma. δραχμ-ή, ἡ, (δράσσομαι, properly as much as one can hold in the hand,[Refs 1st c.AD+]

I. a weight, drachm, [κρεῶν] probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I.2. a silver coin, drachma, worth six obols, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc. [The penultimate is long in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: δαρχμή is found in [Refs 5th c.AD+]; compare δαρκνά.]