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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

  • ὥστε ἐμεμψάμην ἔγωγε αὐτῶν τὸ πολὺ τῆσ κλαγγῆσ καὶ τὸ ὅμοιον ἐπὶ παντὶ ἴχνει, τῷ δρομαίῳ οὐ μεῖον ἢ τῷ εὐναίῳ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 3:1)
  • "κούφων δὲ καὶ βαρέων ἀγωνισμάτων ὄντων, πύκτῃ μὲν Ἀπόλλωνι Δελφούσ, δρομαίῳ δὲ Κρῆτασ ἱστοροῦσι θύειν καὶ Λακεδαιμονίουσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 10:12)

Synonyms

  1. running at full speed

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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