dromos
Americannoun
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Archaeology. a passageway into an ancient subterranean tomb.
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a racetrack in ancient Greece.
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Etymology
Origin of dromos
First recorded in 1840–50, dromos is from the Greek word drómos a running, course, place for running
Example Sentences
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The processions streamed into the dromos at pilgrims’ pace.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
This tomb consists of three parts, the dromos or open entrance passage, the tholos or circular portion domed over, and a smaller chamber excavated in the rock and entered from the larger one.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
From the propylaia, a dromos, or sacred avenue, led to the double temple.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
There were no door-keepers; and the travellers walked on, through the endless dromos.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
Through the dromos they reached the first propylæum, then the second, the third, the fourth.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
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