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|Definition=ὁ, ([[δραμεῖν]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[course]], [[race]], in Il.mostly of horses, ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος 23.375; also of men, <b class="b3">τέτατο δρόμος</b> ib.758; <b class="b3">οὐρίῳ δρόμῳ</b> with [[prosperous]] [[course]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''889 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἅπαντι χρῆσθαι τῷ δρόμῳ</b> at [[full]] [[speed]], Luc.''Dom.''10: of any [[quick]] [[movement]], e.g. [[flight]], A.''Pers.''207: of [[time]], <b class="b3">ἡμέρης δρόμος</b> a day's [[running]], i.e. the distance one can go in a day, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.5; κατανύσαι τὸν προκείμενον δρόμον Id.8.98; ἵππου δ. ἡμέρας D.19.273: of Things, <b class="b3">δρόμος. νεφέλης, ἡλίου τε καὶ σελήνης</b>, E.''Ph.''163, Pl. ''Ax.''370b (pl.), etc.; οἱ δρόμοι τῶν ἀστέρων Procl.''Par.Ptol.''136; [[δρόμῳ]] = [[at a run]], freq. with Verbs of motion, δρόμῳ διαβάντας τὸν Ἀσωπόν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.59; ἰέναι Id.3.77; χρῆσθαι Id.6.112; χωρεῖν Th.4.31; δρόμον ξυνῆψαν E. ''Ph.''1101; βοηθῆσαι δ. Ar.''Fr.''551: in plural, δρόμοις [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''838, ''Supp.'' 819.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[foot-race]], as a contest, ''IG''2.594.11, al.: [[proverb|prov.]], [[περὶ τοῦ παντὸς δρόμον θεῖν]] (δρόμου codd.) = to [[run for one's life]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.74; τὸν περὶ ψυχῆς δρόμον [[δραμεῖν]] Ar.''V.''375; περὶ ψυχῆς ὁ δρόμος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''173a: generally, [[contest]], <b class="b3">πλαγᾶν δρόμος</b>, i.e. a [[pugilistic]] [[contest]], Pi.''I.''5(4).60.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lap]] in a [[race]], S.''El.''726 (interpol. ib.691); ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ δ. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]'' 579a8.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in speaking, [[rapid delivery]], Longin.''Rh.''p.312S.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[place for running]], <b class="b3">δρόμοι εὐρέες</b> [[run]]s for [[cattle]], Od.4.605.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[racecourse]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.126, E.''Andr.''599.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[public walk]], ἐν εὐσκίοις δ. Ἀκαδήμου Eup.32, cf. ''IG''22.1126.36, etc.; [[colonnade]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''144c; [[κατάστεγος δρόμος]] = [[cloister]], Id.''Euthd.''273a; δρόμος ξυστός Aristias 5; in Crete, = [[γυμνάσιον]], Suid., cf. ''SIG''463.14 (Itanos, iii B. C.); <b class="b3">δύ' ἢ τρεῖς δρόμους περιεληλυθότε</b> having taken [[two]] or [[three]] [[turn]]s in the [[cloister]], Pl.''Euthd.'' l. c.; in Egypt, [[avenue]] of [[Sphinx]]es at [[entrance]] of [[temple]]s, ''OGI''56.52 (Canopus, Ptol. III), Str.17.1.28, etc.; δρόμος τοῦ ἱεροῦ ''BGU'' 1130.10 (i B. C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[orchestra]] in the [[theatre]] (Tarent.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">5</span> metaph., [[ἔξω δρόμου δρόμου φέρεσθαι]] or [[ἐκτὸς δρόμου φέρεσθαι]] = [[get off the course]], i.e. [[wander from the point]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''883 (anap.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''414b; ἐκ δρόμου πεσεῖν A.''Ag.''1245; [[οὐδέν ἐστ' ἔξω δρόμου]] = 'tis not [[foreign]] to the [[purpose]], Id.''Ch.''514.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[δρόμος δημόσιος]] = Lat. [[cursus publicus]], Procop. ''Vand.''1.16, ''Arc.''30, Lyd.''Mag.''2.10; [[δρόμος ὀξύς]] = Lat. [[cursus velox]], ib.3.61, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''900.7 (iv A. D.), etc.