daric

[ dar-ik ]

/ ˈdær ɪk /

a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.

Origin of daric

1560–70; < Greek Dāreikós (statḗr) (Persian stater) of Darius

daresay, darfur, darg, dargah, dari, daric, darien, darier's disease, daring, dario, dariole

From one daric to one daric and a half per month, $5 to $7.50.

Callias |Alfred John Church
The daric is mentioned in several Biblical books that were written after the beginning of the Persian period.

Archology and the Bible |George A. Barton
Daric—A Persian gold coin, valued one pound, twelve shillings, three pence.

Philothea |Lydia Maria Child
The dispute was about a claim which amounted nearly to the thirtieth part of a daric.

Voltaire's Romances |Franois-Marie Arouet

He could guarantee that each soldier should receive a daric a month as pay, the officers double pay, and the generals quadruple.

Anabasis |Xenophon

daric

/ (ˈdærɪk) /

a gold coin of ancient Persia Compare siglos

C16: from Greek Dareikos, probably after Darius I