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.
4. in speaking, rapid delivery, Longin.Rh.p.312S.
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.); δὔ 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.