dromos
Americannoun
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dromoi
plural
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Archaeology. a passageway into an ancient subterranean tomb.
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a racetrack in ancient Greece.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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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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 Louis Couperus
From the propylaia, a dromos, or sacred avenue, led to the double temple.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
There were no door-keepers; and the travellers walked on, through the endless dromos.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus
The obelisks of the dromos came into view.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Louis Couperus
Through a dromos of sphinxes and couchant double-winged lions she was borne, and set down before Oraetes sitting on a throne specially erected at the sculptured pylon of the palace.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
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