δαρεικός
δαρεικός
-ου [Δαρεῖος], properly an adj. with στατήρ understood, stater of Parius, daric (unless it be connected with the Babylonian word dariku, weight, measure), a Persian gold coin equivalent to about $5.40, but having a purchasing power several times greater. It passed as the equivalent of 20 Attic drachmas, as is seen from 87, 1-6, where a bet of 10 talents (60,000 drachmas) is, paid with 3000 darics. See Fig. 10, p. 53
Headword (normalized):
δαρεικός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
δαρεικος
Intro Text:
δαρεικός
-ου [Δαρεῖος], properly an adj. with στατήρ understood, stater of Parius, daric (unless it be connected with the Babylonian word dariku, weight, measure), a Persian gold coin equivalent to about $5.40, but having a purchasing power several times greater. It passed as the equivalent of 20 Attic drachmas, as is seen from 87, 1-6, where a bet of 10 talents (60,000 drachmas) is, paid with 3000 darics. See Fig. 10, p. 53
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-555
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