I.a courier (pure Lat. cursor, Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181): “nisi speculator (hemerodromos vocant Graeci) ingens die uno cursu emetiens spatium, etc.,” Liv. 31, 24, 4.—In plur.: “hemerodromœ,” Nep. Milt. 4, 3.
hēmĕrŏdrŏmus , i, m., = ἡμεροδρόμος (who runs the day through),
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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