hemerodrome

Meaning

Noun

A courier in Ancient Greece who would run for a day

Origin

Meaning a "day courier". Slightly more common form is "hemerodromos". From Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ ("day; date") (a variant of ἦμαρ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- ("be hot, burn")) + δρόμος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drem-.

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