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† drŏmas, ădis, m., = δρομάς.

  1. I. A dromedary, Liv. 37, 40; Curt. 5, 2, 5; Vop. Aur. 28.
    Called also drŏmĕdārĭus, ii, m., Hier. Vit. Malchi, 10; Vulg. Isa. 60, 6.
  2. II. Drŏmas, ădis, m., the name of one of Actaeon’s hounds, Ov. M. 3, 217.

1. drŏmo, ōnis, m., = δρόμων (the runner).

  1. I. A sort of shell-fish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 148.
  2. II. A kind of vessel rapidly propelled by many oars, a cutter, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 14.

2. Drŏmō, ōnis, m., Gr. Δρόμων, the name of a slave, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22; cf. id. Heaut. 2, 3, 34.

† drŏmos, i, m., = δρόμος.

  1. I. A place for running; a race-course, Grut. Inscr. 339, 2.
  2. II. Esp., as nom. prop., Drŏmŏs, i, m., the plain near Sparta, on which the Lacedaemonian youth exercised, Liv. 34, 27, 5.
      1. 2. Dromos Achilleos, a peninsula west of the Crimea, on which Achilles was said to have run a race, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83.

‡ drōpăcātor, ōris, and drōpăci-sta, ae, m., one who depilates, Gloss.

† drōpăcismus, i, m., = δρωπακισμός, the removal of hair by plasters of pitch, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 6, 93.

drōpăco, āre, v. a., to depilate, Theod. Prisc. 4, 1.

† drōpax, ăcis, m., = δρώπαξ, a pitchointment, depilatory, Mart. 3, 74; 10, 65, 8; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 36 sq.

drŏsŏlĭthus, i, m., δροσόλιθος, dewstone, a precious stone now unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190.