LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

drachma

drachma f (genitive drachmae)
Classical[ˈdrakʰ.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈdrak.ma]

Meaning

  1. Classical Latinfemininedrachma (Ancient Greek coin, one hundredth of a mina)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedrachmadrachmae
drachumae
genitivedrachmae
drachumae		drachmārum
drachmum, drachumārum
dativedrachmae
drachumae		drachmīs
drachumīs
accusativedrachmam
drachumam		drachmās
drachumās
ablativedrachmādrachmīs
drachumīs
vocativedrachmadrachmae
drachumae

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.

Origins

Borrowed from Doric Greek δρᾰχμᾱ́ (drăkhmā́); cognate with δρᾰχμή (drăkhmḗ).

Descendants
  • Catalandracma
  • Catalandrama
  • Englishdrachma
  • Italiandracma
  • Italiandramma
  • Portuguesedracma
  • Spanishdracma
  • Late Latindragma
  • Armenianդրախմա
  • Belarusianдра́хма

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesDrachmaDrachma (δραχμή), the name of a weight and of a denomination of coin among the Greeks. As weight and as coin it was the hundredth part of the mina, an…

Quick answers

What does drachma mean in Latin?
drachma, a noun, means “drachma (Ancient Greek coin, one hundredth of a mina)”.
What is the genitive of drachma?
The genitive singular is drachmae. drachma is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce drachma?
In classical Latin, [ˈdrakʰ.ma]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdrak.ma].