Dromus

Quick meaning: Dromus is a noun meaning (historical contexts, especially Egyptology) Alternative form of dromos.

Meaning

(historical contexts, especially Egyptology) Alternative form of dromos.

Example Sentences

...the standard volume of the apet was secured in the dromus of Anubis at Memphis.

As a point of departure I shall take Strabo's description of the Egyptian temple. The particular example which he takes is the long since destroyed temple of Re-Harmachis at Heliopolis; but it is evident that the account is intended to serve as a general description... "...This is called the dromus, or avenue, and the word is so used by Callimachus when he says, 'This is the holy avenue of Anubis.'"

Word Forms

• dromuses
• dromi

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dromedarie, odeum, tram, dronte, diadrom, troad.

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