δρόμος, ὁ,
(δραμεῖν) course, race, in Il.mostly of horses, ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος [[ 23.375; also of men, τέτατο δρόμος [prev. work] 758 ] Refs]; οὐρίῳ δρόμῳ with prosperous course, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 889 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅπαντι χρῆσθαι τῷ δρόμῳ at full speed, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dom.” 10 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: of any quick movement, e. g. flight, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 207: of Time, ἡμέρης δ.] Refs 4th c.BC+] a day's running, i. e. the distance one can go in a day, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.5; κατανύσαι τὸν προκείμενον δ. [prev. author] 8.98; ἵππου δ. ἡμέρας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.273: of Things, δ. νεφέλης, ἡλίου τε καὶ σελήνης, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 163, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 370b (_plural_), etc.; οἱ δ. τῶν ἀστέρων 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 136 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δρόμῳ at a run, frequently with Verbs of motion, δρόμῳ διαβάντας τὸν Ἀσωπόν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.59; ἰέναι [prev. author] 3.77; χρῆσθαι [prev. author] 6.112; χωρεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.31; δ. ξυνῆψαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1101; βοηθῆσαι δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 551: in _plural_, δρόμοις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 838, “Supp.” 819. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 foot-race, as a contest, [[ “IG” 2.594.11, +others: proverbial, περὶ τοῦ παντὸς δρόμον (-μου codices) θεῖν] Refs] to run for one's life, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.74; τὸν περὶ ψυχῆς δρόμον δραμεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 375; περὶ ψυχῆς ὁ δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, contest, πλαγᾶν δρόμος, i. e. a pugilistic contest, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).60. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]