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noun greek

hēmĕrŏdrŏmus

gen. hēmĕrŏdrŏmi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
= ἡμεροδρόμος (who runs the day through)
a courier •
a courier (pure Lat. cursor, Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181): nisi speculator (hemerodromos vocant Graeci) ingens die uno cursu emetiens spatium, etc., Liv. 31, 24, 4.—In plur.: hemerodromœ, Nep. Milt. 4, 3.
Perseus ID: n20409 Key: hemerodromus