δρόμος δρόμος, ου , ὁ, δραμεῖν a course, running, race, Hom. (v. τείνω) [sic; τρέχω HD] ; οὐρίῳ δρόμῳ in straight course, Soph.:—of any quick movement, e. g. flight, Aesch.:—of time, ἡμέρης δρ. a dayʼs running, i. e. the distance one can go in a day, Hdt.:— δρόμῳ at a run, Hdt., Attic the footrace:—proverb., περὶ τοῦ παντὸς δρόμον θεῖν to run for oneʼs all, Hdt.; τὸν περὶ ψυχῆς δρόμον δραμεῖν Ar. the length of the stadium, a course or heat in a race, Soph. a place for running, a run for cattle, Od. a race-course, Hdt.: a public walk, Lat. ambulatio, Eur., Plat.:—proverb., ἔξω δρόμου or ἐκτὸς δρόμου φέρεσθαι, Lat. extra oleas vagari, to get off the course, i. e. wander from the point, Aesch., Plat.; ἐκ δρόμου πεσεῖν Aesch.