δρόμος, ὁ,
(δραμεῖν)
I
1. 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, IG 2.594.11, 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.
3. lap in a race, S. El. 726 (interpol. ib. 691); ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ δ. Arist. HA 579a8.
4. in speaking, rapid delivery, Longin. Rh. p.312S.
II
1. place for running, δρόμοι εὐρέες runs for cattle, Od. 4.605.
2. racecourse, Hdt. 6.126, E. Andr. 599.
3. public walk, ἐν εὐσκίοις δ. Ἀκαδήμου Eup. 32, cf. IG 22.1126.36, etc.; colonnade, Pl. Tht. 144c; κατάστεγος δ. cloister, Id. Euthd. 273a; δ. ξυστός Aristias 5; in Crete, = γυμνάσιον, Suid., cf. SIG 463.14 (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, OGI 56.52 (Canopus, Ptol. III), Str. 17.1.28, etc.; δ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ BGU 1130.10 (i B. C.).
4. orchestra in the theatre (Tarent.), Hsch.
5. metaph., ἔξω δρόμου or ἐκτὸς δρόμου φέρεσθαι get off the course, i. e. wander from the point, A. Pr. 883 (anap.), Pl. Cra. 414b; ἐκ δρόμου πεσεῖν A. Ag. 1245; οὐδέν ἐστ’ ἔξω δρόμου ’tis not foreign to the purpose, Id. Ch. 514.
III δ. δημόσιος, = Lat. cursus publicus, Procop. Vand. 1.16, Arc. 30, Lyd. Mag. 2.10; δ. ὀξύς, = Lat. cursus velox, ib.3.61, POxy. 900.7 (iv A. D.), etc.