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
Miltiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...Lacedaemoniis petiverunt Phidippumque, cursorem eius generis, qui hemerodromoe vocantur Lacedaemonem miserunt, ut nuntiaret, quam celeri opus esset auxilio..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...disparem euentum ratus responsurum. et respondisset, ni speculator—hemerodromos uocant Graeci, ingens die uno cursu emetientes spatium—contemplatus..."