[Remark: this dictionary entry has no valid XML/HTML content in database so a text version of this entry is shown.]: <b><G>dro/mos</G></b> (<G>dramei=n</G>): <i>running, race, race-course.</i> <pb n=81>
in Il.mostly of horses, ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμοσ 23.375; also of men, τέτατο δρόμοσ ib.758; οὐρίῳ δρόμῳ with prosperous
course,
S.Aj.889 (lyr.); ἅπαντι χρῆσθαι τῷ δρόμῳ at full
speed,
Luc.Dom.10: of
any quick movement,
e. g.
flight,
A.Pers.207: of Time, ἡμέρης δ. a day's
running,
i. e. the distance one can go in a day, Hdt.2.5; κατανύσαι τὸν προκείμενον δ.Id.8.98; ἵππου δ. ἡμέρασD.19.273: of Things, δ. νεφέλης, ἡλίου τε καὶ σελήνης,E.Ph.163, Pl.Ax.370b (pl.), etc.; οἱ δ. τῶν ἀστέρωνProcl.Par.Ptol.136; δρόμῳ
at a run,
freq. with Verbs of motion, δρόμῳ διαβάντας τὸν ἈσωπόνHdt.9.59; ἰέναιId.3.77; χρῆσθαιId.6.112; χωρεῖνTh.4.31; δ. ξυνῆψανE.Ph.1101; βοηθῆσαι δ.Ar.Fr.551: in pl., δρόμοισA.Pr.838, Supp. 819. 2.
foot-race,
as a contest, IG2.594.11, al.: prov., περὶ τοῦ παντὸς δρόμον (-μου codd.) θεῖν to
Id.Euthd.273a; δ. ξυστόσAristias 5; in Crete, = γυμνάσιον, Suid., cf. SIG463.14 (Itanos, iii B. C.); δύ̓ ἢ τρεῖς δρόμους περιεληλυθότε having taken two or three
turns in the cloister,
Pl.Euthd. l. c.; in Egypt,
avenue
of Sphinxes at entrance of temples, OGI56.52 (Canopus, Ptol. III), Str.17.1.28, etc.; δ. τοῦ ἱεροῦBGU 1130.10(i B. C.). 4.
orchestra
in the theatre (Tarent.), Hsch.5. metaph., ἔξω δρόμου or ἐκτὸς δρόμου φέρεσθαι get off the
course,
i. e. wander from the point, A.Pr.883 (anap.), Pl.Cra.414b; ἐκ δρόμου πεσεῖνA.Ag.1245; οὐδέν ἐστ' ἔξω δρόμου 'tis not foreign to the purpose, Id.Ch.514. III.δ. δημόσιος, = Lat.
cursus publicus,
Procop.Vand.1.16, Arc.30, Lyd.Mag.2.10; δ. ὀξύς, = Lat.