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δρομαῖος

δρομαῖος, running at full speed, swift, fleet

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δρομαῖα neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural of δρομαῖος

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δρομ-αῖος, α, ον, also ος, ον E. Alc. 245 (lyr.):—
  • running at full speed, swift, κἀγὼ δρομαία βᾶσα S. Tr. 927; οὐχ ὡς δ. πῶλος E. Hel. 543; νεφέλας δρομαίου Id. Alc. l.c.; χωρεῖ δρομαίαν Id. Fr. 495.4; δρομαίαν πτέρυγʼ ἐκτείνων Ar. Pax 160: in Prose, λαγὼς δ. a hare run by hounds, opp. εὐναῖος, X. Cyn. 5.9; ἴχνη δ., opp. εὐναῖα, the track of a running hare, ib. 3.8: metaph., δ. τῆς ψυχῆς ὁρμή Alcid. ap. Arist. Rh. 1406a23. Adv. -ως Sch. E. Or. 1416.
    • II epith. of Apollo, as patron of racing, Plu. QConv. 2.724c, IG 5(1).497, al. (Sparta).

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