ἱππόδρομος

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A chariot-road, λεῖος δ' ἱ. ἀμφίς Il.23.330.    2 race-course for chariots, Pl.Criti.117c, D.47.53; at Olympia, Paus. 6.20.15; at Delphi, SIG636.24 (ii B.C.); at Andania, IG5(1).1390.31; at Rome, the circus, D.H.1.79; ὁ μέγας ἱ.,= circus maximus, Id.5.36, Mon.Anc.Gr.10.8: comic metaph., ἱ. οὗτός ἐστί σου μαγειρικῆς Posidipp.26.23.    II ἱπποδρόμος, ὁ, light horseman, ἱ. ψιλοί Hdt. 7.158.