drachma (old form, drachŭma, like Alcumena, Aesculapius, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 601), ae (gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.; usually drachmarum, Ter. Heaut. 601; 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. 451; 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.