δραχμ-ή, ἡ,
(δράσσομαι, properly as much as one can hold in the hand,[[compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 17): ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I a weight, drachm, [κρεῶν] probably in [[ “IG” 12.10.4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 17, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.2 a silver coin, drachma, worth six obols, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.144, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.18, “IG” 7.3171.52 (Orchom. _Boeotian dialect_), 9(1).694.54 (Corc.)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc. [The penultimate is long in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 157, and sometimes in Comedy texts, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 691 (_anapaest meter_), “Pax” 1201, “Pl.” 1019, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 174.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: δαρχμή is found in [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; compare δαρκνά.]