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|lshtext=<b>drachma</b>: (old form, drachŭma, [[like]] Alcumena, [[Aesculapius]], Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40), ae (<br /><b>I</b> gen plur. drachmūm, Varr. L. L. 9, § 85 Müll.; [[usually]] drachmarum, Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40; Cic. Fl. 19, 43), f., = [[δραχμή]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; † drăco, ōnis (gen. dracontis, Att. ap. Non. 426, 2; acc. dracontem, id. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 101 P.), m., = [[δράκων]], a [[sort]] of [[serpent]], a [[dragon]] (cf.: [[serpens]], [[anguis]], [[coluber]], [[hydrus]], [[vipera]], [[aspis]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop. (those of the [[tame]] [[sort]], esp. the Epidaurian, [[being]] kept as pets by [[luxurious]] Romans), Cic. Div. 2, 30; 66; Plin. 8, 17, 22, § 61; 29, 4, 20, § 67; Suet. Aug. 94; Sen. de Ira, 2, 31 al. —As the [[guardian]] of treasures, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 12; Phaedr. 4, 20; Fest. s. h. v. p. 67, 12 sq. Müll.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Name of a [[constellation]], Cic. poëta N. D. 2, 42, 106 sq.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[cohort]]'s [[standard]], Veg. Mil. 2, 13; Amm. 16, 10, 7: in templa referre dracones, Val. Fl. 2, 276; Treb. Poll. Gallien. 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 3, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Marinus, a [[sea]]-[[fish]], Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82; 32, 11, 53, § 148; Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[water]]-[[vessel]] shaped [[like]] a [[serpent]], Sen. Q. N. 3, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> An old [[vine]]-[[branch]], Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 206; 17, 22, 35, § 182; 14, 1, 3, § 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> A seafish, Trachinus [[Draco]] of Linn., Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82.—<br /> In eccl. Lat., the Serpent, the Devil, Vulg. Apoc. 12, 7 al.

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