"δρόμος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See δρόμος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dró.mos/, /ˈðro.mos/, /ˈðro.mos/, /dró.mos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈdro.mos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈðro.mos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈðro.mos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈðro.mos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”) + -ος (-os); cognate with Sanskrit द्राति (drāti, “to run”), द्रम् (drámati, “to run”); Proto-Germanic *tradō (“way, track, spoor”). Related to δραμεῖν (drameîn), a suppletive aorist of τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|af|ine-pro>*drem->run|grc>-ος>o-grade|id=race}}, {{root|grc|ine-pro|*drem-}}, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*drem-||to run}} Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”), {{af|grc|-ος|id1=o-grade}} -ος (-os), {{cog|sa|द्राति||to run}} Sanskrit द्राति (drāti, “to run”), {{cog|gem-pro|*tradō||way, track, spoor}} Proto-Germanic *tradō (“way, track, spoor”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|δρόμου|m|second}} δρόμος • (drómos) m (genitive δρόμου); second declension, {{tlb|grc|Epic|Attic|Ionic|Doric|Koine}} (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine) Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|δρόμος|ου}} Forms: drómos [romanization], δρόμου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ δρόμος [nominative, singular], δρόμω [dual, nominative], οἱ δρόμοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ δρόμου [genitive, singular], δρόμοιν [dual, genitive], δρόμων [genitive, plural], τῷ δρόμῳ [dative, singular], δρόμοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς δρόμοις [dative, plural], τὸν δρόμον [accusative, singular], δρόμω [accusative, dual], τοὺς δρόμους [accusative, plural], δρόμε [singular, vocative], δρόμω [dual, vocative], δρόμοι [plural, vocative]
  1. race, running Tags: Attic, Doric, Epic, Ionic, Koine
    Sense id: en-δρόμος-grc-noun-wH3P-YuI Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade), Attic Greek, Doric Greek, Epic Greek, Ionic Greek, Koine Greek, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade): 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Epic Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Ionic Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 34 28 2 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 36 29 1 5
  2. racetrack Tags: Attic, Doric, Epic, Ionic, Koine
    Sense id: en-δρόμος-grc-noun-3559dluk Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade), Attic Greek, Doric Greek, Epic Greek, Ionic Greek, Koine Greek, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade): 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Epic Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Ionic Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 34 28 2 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 36 29 1 5
  3. course, path Tags: Attic, Doric, Epic, Ionic, Koine
    Sense id: en-δρόμος-grc-noun-KI27v5An Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade), Attic Greek, Doric Greek, Epic Greek, Ionic Greek, Koine Greek, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade): 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Epic Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Ionic Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 34 28 2 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 36 29 1 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἁρματοδρομία (harmatodromía), δολῐχοδρόμος (dolĭkhodrómos), ἔκδρομος (ékdromos), ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), λαμπαδηδρομίᾱ (lampadēdromíā), παλίνδρομος (palíndromos), συνδρομή (sundromḗ)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "harmatodromía",
      "word": "ἁρματοδρομία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "dolĭkhodrómos",
      "word": "δολῐχοδρόμος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ékdromos",
      "word": "ἔκδρομος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "hippódromos",
      "word": "ἱππόδρομος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lampadēdromíā",
      "word": "λαμπαδηδρομίᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "palíndromos",
      "word": "παλίνδρομος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sundromḗ",
      "word": "συνδρομή"
    }
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": ""
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          "expansion": "Byzantine Greek:",
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        }
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      "text": "Byzantine Greek:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "δρόμος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: δρόμος (drómos)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: δρόμος (drómos) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rom",
            "2": "drom"
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          "expansion": "Romani: drom\nCaló: dron",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
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      "text": "Romani: drom\nCaló: dron"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "dromos",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "-drome",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ French: -drome",
          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "dromos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: dromos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: dromos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "dromo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: dromo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: dromo"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "dromus",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Latin: dromus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: dromus"
    }
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        "id": "race"
      },
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        "3": "*drem-",
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "δρόμου",
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      ]
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      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
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        "class"
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      "form": "ὁ δρόμος",
      "roman": "ho drómos",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "δρόμω",
      "roman": "drómō",
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        "nominative"
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      "form": "οἱ δρόμοι",
      "roman": "hoi drómoi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοῦ δρόμου",
      "roman": "toû drómou",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμοιν",
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
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      "roman": "drómōn",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ δρόμῳ",
      "roman": "tôi drómōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμοιν",
      "roman": "drómoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς δρόμοις",
      "roman": "toîs drómois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν δρόμον",
      "roman": "tòn drómon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "drómō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς δρόμους",
      "roman": "toùs drómous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμε",
      "roman": "dróme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμω",
      "roman": "drómō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμοι",
      "roman": "drómoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "6": "Koine"
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        "2": "ου"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "On the fourth he adorned the heaven with sun and moon and the other stars, prescribing their motions and courses to indicate the revolutions of the seasons.",
          "text": "93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 31, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 14-17. Translation by Thackeray.\nτῇ τετάρτῃ δὲ διακοσμεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄστροις κινήσεις αὐτοῖς ἐπιστείλας καὶ δρόμους, οἷς ἂν αἱ τῶν ὡρῶν περιφοραὶ σημαίνοιντο.\ntêi tetártēi dè diakosmeî tòn ouranòn hēlíōi kaì selḗnēi kaì toîs állois ástrois kinḗseis autoîs episteílas kaì drómous, hoîs àn hai tôn hōrôn periphoraì sēmaínointo.",
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        "course, path"
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      "links": [
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dró.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dró.mos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdro.mos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "δρόμος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *drem-",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος (o-grade)",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Attic Greek",
    "Doric Greek",
    "Epic Greek",
    "Ionic Greek",
    "Koine Greek",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "el:Roads"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "harmatodromía",
      "word": "ἁρματοδρομία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dolĭkhodrómos",
      "word": "δολῐχοδρόμος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ékdromos",
      "word": "ἔκδρομος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hippódromos",
      "word": "ἱππόδρομος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lampadēdromíā",
      "word": "λαμπαδηδρομίᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "palíndromos",
      "word": "παλίνδρομος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sundromḗ",
      "word": "συνδρομή"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Byzantine Greek:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Byzantine Greek:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "δρόμος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: δρόμος (drómos)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: δρόμος (drómos) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rom",
            "2": "drom"
          },
          "expansion": "Romani: drom\nCaló: dron",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romani: drom\nCaló: dron"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-drome",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: -drome",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: -drome"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dromos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: dromos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: dromos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "-drome",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: -drome",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: -drome"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "dromos",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: dromos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: dromos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "dromo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: dromo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: dromo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "dromus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: dromus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: dromus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "af",
        "3": "ine-pro>*drem->run",
        "4": "grc>-ος>o-grade",
        "id": "race"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*drem-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*drem-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to run"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ος",
        "id1": "o-grade"
      },
      "expansion": "-ος (-os)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "द्राति",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to run"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit द्राति (drāti, “to run”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*tradō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "way, track, spoor"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tradō (“way, track, spoor”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”) + -ος (-os); cognate with Sanskrit द्राति (drāti, “to run”), द्रम् (drámati, “to run”); Proto-Germanic *tradō (“way, track, spoor”). Related to δραμεῖν (drameîn), a suppletive aorist of τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drómos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ δρόμος",
      "roman": "ho drómos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμω",
      "roman": "drómō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ δρόμοι",
      "roman": "hoi drómoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ δρόμου",
      "roman": "toû drómou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμοιν",
      "roman": "drómoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμων",
      "roman": "drómōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ δρόμῳ",
      "roman": "tôi drómōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμοιν",
      "roman": "drómoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς δρόμοις",
      "roman": "toîs drómois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν δρόμον",
      "roman": "tòn drómon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμω",
      "roman": "drómō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς δρόμους",
      "roman": "toùs drómous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμε",
      "roman": "dróme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμω",
      "roman": "drómō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δρόμοι",
      "roman": "drómoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "δρόμου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "δρόμος • (drómos) m (genitive δρόμου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Epic",
        "3": "Attic",
        "4": "Ionic",
        "5": "Doric",
        "6": "Koine"
      },
      "expansion": "(Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "δρόμος",
        "2": "ου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "race, running"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ],
        [
          "running",
          "running"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "racetrack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "racetrack",
          "racetrack"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "On the fourth he adorned the heaven with sun and moon and the other stars, prescribing their motions and courses to indicate the revolutions of the seasons.",
          "text": "93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 31, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 14-17. Translation by Thackeray.\nτῇ τετάρτῃ δὲ διακοσμεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄστροις κινήσεις αὐτοῖς ἐπιστείλας καὶ δρόμους, οἷς ἂν αἱ τῶν ὡρῶν περιφοραὶ σημαίνοιντο.\ntêi tetártēi dè diakosmeî tòn ouranòn hēlíōi kaì selḗnēi kaì toîs állois ástrois kinḗseis autoîs episteílas kaì drómous, hoîs àn hai tôn hōrôn periphoraì sēmaínointo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "course, path"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dró.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dró.mos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdro.mos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðro.mos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "δρόμος"
}

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