noun greek

drŏmos

gen. i · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

a race-course

A place for running; a race-course, Grut. Inscr. 339, 2.—

the plain near Sparta

Esp., as nom. prop., Drŏmŏs, i, m., the plain near Sparta, on which the Lacedaemonian youth exercised, Liv. 34, 27, 5.—

a peninsula west of the Crimea; on which Achilles was said to have run a race

Dromos Achilleos, a peninsula west of the Crimea, on which Achilles was said to have run a race, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83.

Perseus ID: n14798 Key: dromos