δρόμος

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   A course, race, 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. ἡμέρας D.19.273: of Things, δ. νεφέλης, ἡλίου τε καὶ σελήνης, E.Ph.163, Pl. Ax.370b (pl.), etc.; οἱ δ. τῶν ἀστέρων Procl.Par.Ptol.136; δρόμῳ at a run, freq. with Verbs of motion, δρόμῳ διαβάντας τὸν Ἀσωπόν Hdt.9.59; ἰέναι Id.3.77; χρῆσθαι Id.6.112; χωρεῖν Th.4.31; δ. ξυνῆψαν E. Ph.1101; βοηθῆσαι δ. Ar.Fr.551: in pl., δρόμοις A.Pr.838, Supp. 819.    2 foot-race, as a contest, IG2.594.11, al.: prov., περὶ τοῦ παντὸς δρόμον (-μου codd.) θεῖν to run for one's life, Hdt.8.74; τὸν περὶ ψυχῆς δρόμον δραμεῖν Ar.V.375; περὶ ψυχῆς ὁ δ. Pl.Tht.173a: generally, contest, πλαγᾶν δρόμος, i. e. a pugilistic contest, Pi.I.5(4).60.    3 lap in a race, S.El.726 (interpol. ib.691); ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ δ. Arist.HA 579a8.    4 in speaking, rapid delivery, Longin.Rh.p.312S.    II place for running, δρόμοι εὐρέες runs for cattle, Od.4.605.    2 racecourse, Hdt.6.126, E.Andr.599.    3 public walk, ἐν εὐσκίοις δ. Ἀκαδήμου Eup.32, cf. IG22.1126.36, etc.; colonnade, Pl.Tht.144c; κατάστεγος δ. cloister, Id.Euthd.273a; δ. ξυστός Aristias 5; in Crete, = γυμνάσιον, Suid., cf. SIG463.14 (Itanos, iii B. C.); δύ' 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 ἱεροῦ BGU 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 πεσεῖν A.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. cursus velox, ib.3.61, POxy.900.7 (iv A. D.), etc.