Lexical Definition

‎δρόμος‎ drómos (drom'-os) racecourse ^G:N-M
from the alternate of ‎τρέχω‎

course.

• a race, i.e. (figuratively) career

Abbott-Smith

δρόμος, -ου, ὁ (< δραμεῖν, v.s. τρέχω) [in LXX chiefly for מְרוּצָה ;]
a course: fig., of life or ministry, Ac 13:25 20:24, II Ti 4:7.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

δρόμος, ὁ,

(δραμεῖν) course, race, in Il.mostly of horses, ἵπποισι τάθη δρόμος [δρόμος [prev. work] 758 ">Refs]; οὐρίῳ δρόμῳ with prosperous course, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅπαντι χρῆσθαι τῷ δρόμῳ at full speed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: of any quick movement, e. g. flight, [Refs 4th c.BC+] a day's running, i. e. the distance one can go in a day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δρόμῳ at a run, frequently with Verbs of motion, δρόμῳ διαβάντας τὸν Ἀσωπόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 foot-race, as a contest, [Refs] to run for one's life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, contest, πλαγᾶν δρόμος, i. e. a pugilistic contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 lap in a race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 in speaking, rapid delivery, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II place for running, δρόμοι εὐρέες runs for cattle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 racecourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 public walk, ἐν εὐσκίοις δ. Ἀκαδήμου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; colonnade, [Refs 5th c.BC+]cloister, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Crete, ={γυμνάσιον}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; δύ᾽ ἢ τρεῖς δρόμους περιεληλυθότε having taken two or three turns in the cloister, [Refs 5th c.BC+][same place]; in Egypt, avenue of Sphinxes at entrance of temples, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.4 orchestra in the theatre (Tarentum dialect), [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.5 metaphorically, ἔξω δρόμου or ἐκτὸς δρόμου φέρεσθαι get off the course, i. e. wander from the point, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδέν ἐστ᾽ ἔξω δρόμου 'tis not foreign to the purpose, [Refs]
__III δ. δημόσιος, = Latin cursus publicus, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; δ. ὀξύς, = Latin cursus velox, [Refs 4th c.AD+]