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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It extended from Karnak to Luxor and, turning in a vast loop at the Nile front, countermarched over the dromos and ended at the tremendous white-walled temple of Amen.
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth
The obelisks of the dromos came into view.
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
Before he could extricate himself, the runners preceding the pageant returning the great god to his shrine, beat the multitude back from the dromos and once again Kenkenes was imprisoned by the hosts.
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth
This avenue, or dromos, led to the sanctuary, the temenos, along a double row of immense basalt sphinxes, half woman, half lioness; half man, half bull.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
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