— drachmal , adj.
/drak"meuh, drahk"-/ , n. , pl. drachmas, drachmae /-mee/ .
1. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece, equal to 100 lepta. Abbr.: dr., drch.
2. the principal silver coin of ancient Greece.
3. a small unit of weight in ancient Greece, approximately equivalent to the U.S. and British apothecaries' dram.
4. any of various modern weights, esp. a dram.
Also, drachm .
[ 1520-30; drachmé, prob. equiv. to drach- base of drássesthai to grasp + -me n. suffix (hence lit., handful) ]