The corpus record — Latin

hemerodromus

hemerodromus · m

a courier

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 1 · 0.79/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

hēmĕrŏdrŏmus — Lewis & Short

hēmĕrŏdrŏmus, i, m., = h(merodro/mos (who runs the day through),

I a courier (pure Lat. cursor, Plin. 2, 71, 73, § 181): nisi speculator (hemerodromos vocant Graeci) ingens die uno cursu emetiens spatium, etc., Liv. 31, 24, 4.—In plur.: hemerodromœ, Nep. Milt. 4, 3.

In the wild

hemerodromos Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 31 p20
hemerodromos Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.31.24.4

Where it came from

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