hemerodromos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hemerodromus, hemerodromi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
special courier, express;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- C
Miltiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...Lacedaemoniis petiverunt Phidippumque, cursorem eius generis, qui hemerodromoe vocantur Lacedaemonem miserunt, ut nuntiaret, quam celeri opus esset auxilio..." - T
Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...disparem euentum ratus responsurum. et respondisset, ni speculator—hemerodromos uocant Graeci, ingens die uno cursu emetientes spatium—contemplatus..."