νομός
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See also: νόμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νέμω (némō, “to pasture, graze”) + -ός (-ós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /no.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /noˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /noˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /noˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /noˈmos/
Noun
νομός • (nomós) m (genitive νομοῦ); second declension
- pasture, field
- herbage, food
- division, distribution
- dwelling, residence
- district, region, province (particularly of Egypt), satrapy
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νομός ho nomós |
τὼ νομώ tṑ nomṓ |
οἱ νομοί hoi nomoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νομοῦ toû nomoû |
τοῖν νομοῖν toîn nomoîn |
τῶν νομῶν tôn nomôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νομῷ tôi nomôi |
τοῖν νομοῖν toîn nomoîn |
τοῖς νομοῖς toîs nomoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νομόν tòn nomón |
τὼ νομώ tṑ nomṓ |
τοὺς νομούς toùs nomoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νομέ nomé |
νομώ nomṓ |
νομοί nomoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “νομός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νομός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νομός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νομός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νομός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “νομός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- district idem, page 242.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νομός (nomós).
Noun
νομός • (nomós) m (plural νομοί)
- nome, department, county, prefecture
- O νομός Λακωνίας είναι ο νοτιότερος νομός της Πελοποννήσου.
- O nomós Lakonías eínai o notióteros nomós tis Peloponnísou.
- Laconia prefecture is the southernmost prefecture of the Peloponnese.
Usage notes
A subdivision of a περιφέρεια (periféreia, “periphery”), each νομός (nomós, “nome”) is divided into επαρχίες (eparchíes, “eparchies”).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | νομός (nomós) | νομοί (nomoí) |
| genitive | νομού (nomoú) | νομών (nomón) |
| accusative | νομό (nomó) | νομούς (nomoús) |
| vocative | νομέ (nomé) | νομοί (nomoí) |
Synonyms
- νομαρχία f (nomarchía, “nomarch”)
Related terms
- νομάρχης m or f (nomárchis, “governor of nome, nomarch”)
- νομάρχισσα f (nomárchissa, “governor of nome, nomarch”)
- νομαρχιακός (nomarchiakós, “nome”)
Further reading
Νομοί της Ελλάδας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
