drachma or dragma

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• Drachma — • A Greek silver coin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Drachma     Drachma     † Catholic …   Catholic encyclopedia

• dragma — ×dragma (l. dragma) sf. žr. drachma: 1. Dvylika tūkstančių dragmų (orig. dragnių) nusiuntė ing Hierusalem DP547. 2. I …   Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

• drachma — 1570s, from Gk. drakhme, an Attic coin and weight, probably originally a handful (see DRAM (Cf. dram)). Earlier as dragme (late 14c.), from O.Fr. dragme, from M.L. dragma …   Etymology dictionary

• drachme — [ drakm ] n. f. • 1611; dragme XIIIe; lat. drachma, bas lat. dragma, du gr. 1 ♦ Antiq. gr. Poids équivalant à 3,24 g. Monnaie d argent divisée en six oboles. ⇒aussi statère. Parabole de la drachme perdue. 2 ♦ Unité monétaire de la Grèce moderne …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• dram — mid 15c., a small weight of apothecary s measure, a phonetic spelling, from Anglo L. dragma, O.Fr. drame, from L.L. dragma, from L. drachma drachma, from Gk. drakhma measure of weight, also, silver coin, lit. handful (of six obols, the least… …   Etymology dictionary

• dram — [15] Dram was borrowed from Old French drame or medieval Latin drama, which were variants respectively of dragme or dragma. Both came from drachma, the Latin version of Greek drakhmé. This was used in the Athens of classical times for both a… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• dram — [15] Dram was borrowed from Old French drame or medieval Latin drama, which were variants respectively of dragme or dragma. Both came from drachma, the Latin version of Greek drakhmé. This was used in the Athens of classical times for both a… …   Word origins

• dram — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dragme, from Anglo French & Late Latin; Anglo French, dram, drachma, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Greek drachmē, literally, handful, from drassesthai to grasp Date: 14th century 1. a. see… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dram — /dram/, n., v., drammed, dramming. n. 1. Meas. a. a unit of apothecaries weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 ounce (3.89 grams). b. 1/16 ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbr.: dr., dr 2. See fluid dram. 3. a small drink of… …   Universalium

• dram — [[t]dræm[/t]] n. 1) wam a) a unit of apothecaries weight, equal to 60 grains, or? of an ounce (3.89 grams) b) 1/16 of an ounce in avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams) Abbr.: dr,dr 2) wam fluid dram 3) vin a small drink of liquor 4) a… …   From formal English to slang

• dram — [dram] n. [ME < OFr dragme < ML dragma < L drachma: see DRACHMA] 1. a) a unit of weight, equal to 1/ 16 ounce avoirdupois or 27.3437 grains (1.772 grams) b) a unit of weight, equal to 1/ 8 ounce apothecaries or 3 scruples (3.888 grams)… …   English World dictionary