hemerodrome

词形变化

hemerodromes 复数 hemerodromes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A courier in Ancient Greece who would run for a day

词源

Meaning a "day courier". Slightly more common form is "hemerodromos". From Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day; date”) (a variant of ἦμαρ (êmar, “day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“be hot, burn”)) + δρόμος (drómos, “race, running; race course, track”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).

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