νομή

Ancient Greek

From νέμω (némō) +‎ -η (-ē).

νομή • (nomḗ) f (genitive νομῆς); first declension

pasturage
division, distribution
1. a governmental division of territory; province, prefecture (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. a law
  Synonym: νόμος (nómos)
  - 118 BCE, Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum III.700:
    καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν αὐτῶν ἐν χειρῶν νομαῖς ἀπέκτεινεν
    [...] kaì polloùs mèn autôn en kheirôn nomaîs apékteinen[.]
    and many of them he put to death according to the laws of force
spreading of sores or blisters
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prorrhetics 2.13:
  Αἱ δὲ νομαὶ θανατωδέσταται μὲν ὧν αἱ σηπεδόνες βαθύταται, καὶ μελάνταται, καὶ ξηρόταται·
  Hai dè nomaì thanatōdéstatai mèn hôn hai sēpedónes bathútatai, kaì melántatai, kaì xērótatai;
  The deadliest ulcerations are those where the ulcers are deepest, and darkest, and driest.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νομή hē nomḗ	τὼ νομᾱ́ tṑ nomā́	αἱ νομαί hai nomaí
Genitive	τῆς νομῆς tês nomês	τοῖν νομαῖν toîn nomaîn	τῶν νομῶν tôn nomôn
Dative	τῇ νομῇ têi nomêi	τοῖν νομαῖν toîn nomaîn	ταῖς νομαῖς taîs nomaîs
Accusative	τὴν νομήν tḕn nomḗn	τὼ νομᾱ́ tṑ nomā́	τᾱ̀ς νομᾱ́ς tā̀s nomā́s
Vocative	νομή nomḗ	νομᾱ́ nomā́	νομαί nomaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

→ Latin: nomē (“spreading of sores”)
- New Latin: noma
  - → English: noma (learned)
→ New Latin: nomē (“prefecture”) (learned)
- → French: nome (learned)
  - English: nome (“prefecture”)
→ New Latin: nomē (“a kind of musical composition”) (learned)
- → English: nome (“a kind of musical composition”) (learned)