English Explanatory Dictionary

siglos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and weighing about 5.6 grams.

Word forms

siglos sigloi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίγλος (síglos), from Semitic. Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel), Akkadian 𒅆𒅗𒇻 (šiqlu).

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