νομός

See also: νόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέμω (némō, “to pasture, graze”) +‎ -ός (-ós, deverbal nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νομός • (nomós) m (genitive νομοῦ); second declension

  1. pasture, field
  2. herbage, food
  3. division, distribution
  4. dwelling, residence
  5. district, region, province (particularly of Egypt), satrapy

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ νομός; τοῦ νομοῦ (Attic)
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
tōî nomōî 		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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Aramaic: נמוסא
  • French: nome
  • Greek: νομός (nomós)

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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομός (nomós).

Noun

νομός • (nomós) m (plural νομοί)

  1. 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

Declension of νομός
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”)
  • νομάρχης m or f (nomárchis, “governor of nome, nomarch”)
  • νομάρχισσα f (nomárchissa, “governor of nome, nomarch”)
  • νομαρχιακός (nomarchiakós, “nome”)

Further reading

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