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单词 octadrachm
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octadrachmn.

Brit. /ˈɒktədram/, U.S. /ˈɑktəˌdræm/
Forms: 1800s– octadrachm, 1800s– octodrachm.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀκτάδραχμος.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ὀκτάδραχμος (adjective) worth eight drachmas, (noun) eight-drachma tax < ancient Greek ὀκτα- octa- comb. form + δραχμή drachma n.With form octodrachm compare octo- comb. form.
Now historical.
An ancient Greek coin worth eight drachmas.
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1848 J. Y. Akerman Introd. Study Anc. & Mod. Coins i. 21 The gold octodrachms of Ptolemy I. and his queen.
1885 Athenæum 28 Feb. 284/1 A silver octadrachm of the town of Ichnæ, in Macedon, and a very fine tetradrachm of Camarina.
1920 Brit. Mus. Return 72 Silver octodrachm of King Geta, about 500 b.c.
1940 Oxoniensia 5 144 Among the Greek series may be noted an octodrachm of the Derrones [etc.].
1972 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 102 Suppl. No. 3. 45 A fragment of an octadrachm has on the reverse the letters [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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