δρόμος, ὁ, (δραμεῖν)
course, race, in Il.mostly of horses, ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος [
Refs]; οὐρίῳ δρόμῳ with prosperous
course, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅπαντι χρῆσθαι τῷ δρόμῳ at full
speed, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: of
any quick movement, e. g.
flight, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] a day's
running, i. e. the distance one can go in a day, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δρόμῳ
at a run, frequently with Verbs of motion, δρόμῳ διαβάντας τὸν Ἀσωπόν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
foot-race, as a contest, [
Refs] to
run for one's life, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally,
contest, πλαγᾶν δρόμος, i. e. a pugilistic
contest, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
lap in a race, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) in speaking,
rapid delivery, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II)
place for running, δρόμοι εὐρέες
runs for cattle, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2)
racecourse, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
public walk, ἐν εὐσκίοις δ. Ἀκαδήμου [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
colonnade, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
cloister, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Crete, ={γυμνάσιον}, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; δύ᾽ ἢ τρεῖς δρόμους περιεληλυθότε having taken two or three
turns in the cloister, [
Refs 5th c.BC+][same place]; in Egypt,
avenue of Sphinxes at entrance of temples, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.4)
orchestra in the theatre (
Tarentum dialect), [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II.5)
metaphorically, ἔξω δρόμου or ἐκτὸς δρόμου φέρεσθαι get off the
course, i. e. wander from the point, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδέν ἐστ᾽ ἔξω δρόμου 'tis not foreign to the purpose, [
Refs]
III) δ. δημόσιος, = Latin
cursus publicus, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]; δ. ὀξύς, = Latin
cursus velox, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]