What does "dolichos" mean?

A long-distance race in the ancient Olympic Games.

Dolichos

Common synonyms include: fabaceae genus, hyacinth bean, lablab, legume genus, tropical legume genus.

noun

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Noun

1
A long-distance race in the ancient Olympic Games. historical
2
A plant of the genus Dolichos.
"I sent parties away in search of supplies, but, to our great disappointment, we could only get a few clams and some dolichos […]."

"There is Philoctetes, the Spartan, a grim, black-bearded man in the prime of life, who won the dolichos at the last Olympiad."

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δόλιχος (dólikhos).

Etymology 2

From the genus name.