Hippodrome Hippodrome The hippodrome () was an ancient Grecian stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. The name is derived from the Greek words "hippos" (ἵππος; "horse") and "dromos" (δρόμος; "course"). The term is used in the modern French language and some others, with the meaning of "horse racecourse". Hence, some present-day horse racing tracks also include the word "hippodrome" in their names, such as the Hippodrome de Vincennes and the Central Moscow Hippodrome. The Greek hippodrome was similar to the Roman Circus. The hippodrome was not a Roman amphitheatre which was used for spectator sports, games and displays, or a
Medieval Greek Lexicographic changes in Medieval Greek influenced by Christianity can be found for instance in words like ἄγγελος ('messenger') > heavenly messenger > angel) or ἀγάπη 'love' > 'altruistic love', which is strictly differentiated from ἔρως , ('physical love'). In everyday usage, some old Greek stems were replaced, for example, the expression for "wine" where the word κρασίον ('mixture') replaced the old Greek οἶνος . The word ὄψον (meaning "something you eat with bread") combined with the suffix -αριον , which was borrowed from the Latin "-arium", became "fish" (ὀψάριον ), which after apheresis, synizesis and the loss of final ν