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δρόμος n1 δραμεῖν

I.a course, running, race, Hom. (v. τείνω); ou)ri/w| dro/mw| in straight course, Soph.:—of any quick movement, e. g. flight, Aesch.:—of time, ἡμέρης δρ. a day's running, i. e. the distance one can go in a day, Hdt.:— δρόμῳ at a run, id=Hdt., attic
3.the length of the stadium, a course or heat in a race, Soph.
II.a place for running, a run for cattle, Od.
2.a race-course, Hdt.: a public walk, Lat. ambulatio, Eur., Plat.:—proverb., ἔξω δρόμου or ἐκτὸς δρόμου φέρεσθαι, Lat. extra oleas vagari, to get off the course, i. e. wander from the point, Aesch., Plat.; ἐκ δρόμου πεσεῖν Aesch.

1 drom os_ou masc

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