ἱπποδρόμος

A. chariot-road, λεῖος δ’ ἱ. ἀμφίς Il. 23.330.

2. race-course for chariots, Pl. Criti. 117c, D. 47.53; at Olympia, Paus. 6.20.15; at Delphi, SIG 636.24 (ii B.C.); at Andania, IG 5(1).1390.31; at Rome, the circus, D.H. 1.79; ὁ μέγας ἱ.,= circus maximus, Id. 5.36, Mon.Anc.Gr. 10.8: comic metaph., ἱ. οὗτός ἐστί σου μαγειρικῆς Posidipp. 26.23.

II. ἱπποδρόμος, ὁ, light horseman, ἱ. ψιλοί Hdt. 7.158.