δρόμος
Gram. n drom os_ou masc
Etym. 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
2. "the footrace":—proverb., περὶ τοῦ παντὸς δρόμον θεῖν to run for one's all, Hdt.; τὸν περὶ ψυχῆς δρόμον δραμεῖν Ar.
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.