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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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
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
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
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
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
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