dromos

American  

[drom-uhs, -os, droh-muhs, -mos] / ˈdrɒm əs, -ɒs, ˈdroʊ məs, -mɒs /

noun

plural

dromoi

1. Archaeology. a passageway into an ancient subterranean tomb.

2. 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

The side Kenkenes approached sloped sharply from the dromos toward the river, and the rearmost spectators had small opportunity to behold the pageant.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

There is always a way of bringing up a child in the way he should go,—though it be a gypsy one,—and drom comes from the Greek dromos, which is elegant and classical. 

From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Strabo states that the bulls employed on these occasions were carefully trained for the purpose, and the encounters generally took place in the dromos, or avenue of approach to the temples.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

From the propylaia, a dromos, or sacred avenue, led to the double temple.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

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 Wallace, Lewis