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δρομαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δρομαῖος δρομαίᾱ δρομαῖον

Structure: δρομαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dro/mos

Sense

  1. running at full speed, swift, fleet

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ δρομαῖοι οὐχ οὕτωσ διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ τῶν κυνῶν ἔκπληκτοι γίγνεσθαι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 11:2)
  • ὧν ταχέωσ ποιησάντων τὸ προσταχθέν, οἱ μὲν Ἰταλιῶται πυθόμενοι τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ τοὺσ μετ’ αὐτοῦ κινδυνεύοντασ δρομαῖοι παρῆσαν ἐπὶ τὴν βοήθειαν, ὁ δὲ Διονύσιοσ ἀθρόᾳ τῇ δυνάμει περιχυθεὶσ τόν θ’ Ἕλωριν καὶ τοὺσ μετ’ αὐτοῦ γενναίωσ ἀγωνισαμένουσ σχεδὸν ἅπαντασ ἀνεῖλε. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 104 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. running at full speed

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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