νόμιμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νόμος (nómos) + -ιμος (-imos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nó.mi.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈno.mi.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈno.mi.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈno.mi.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈno.mi.mos/
Adjective
νόμῐμος • (nómĭmos) m (feminine νομίμη, neuter νόμῐμον); first/second declension
- conformable to custom, usage, or law
- customary, prescriptive
- established, lawful, rightful
- (nominalized, neuter plural) usages, customs; funeral rites
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | νόμῐμος nómĭmos |
νομῐ́μη nomĭ́mē |
νόμῐμον nómĭmon |
νομῐ́μω nomĭ́mō |
νομῐ́μᾱ nomĭ́mā |
νομῐ́μω nomĭ́mō |
νόμῐμοι nómĭmoi |
νόμῐμαι nómĭmai |
νόμῐμᾰ nómĭmă | |||||
| Genitive | νομῐ́μου nomĭ́mou |
νομῐ́μης nomĭ́mēs |
νομῐ́μου nomĭ́mou |
νομῐ́μοιν nomĭ́moin |
νομῐ́μαιν nomĭ́main |
νομῐ́μοιν nomĭ́moin |
νομῐ́μων nomĭ́mōn |
νομῐ́μων nomĭ́mōn |
νομῐ́μων nomĭ́mōn | |||||
| Dative | νομῐ́μῳ nomĭ́mōi |
νομῐ́μῃ nomĭ́mēi |
νομῐ́μῳ nomĭ́mōi |
νομῐ́μοιν nomĭ́moin |
νομῐ́μαιν nomĭ́main |
νομῐ́μοιν nomĭ́moin |
νομῐ́μοις nomĭ́mois |
νομῐ́μαις nomĭ́mais |
νομῐ́μοις nomĭ́mois | |||||
| Accusative | νόμῐμον nómĭmon |
νομῐ́μην nomĭ́mēn |
νόμῐμον nómĭmon |
νομῐ́μω nomĭ́mō |
νομῐ́μᾱ nomĭ́mā |
νομῐ́μω nomĭ́mō |
νομῐ́μους nomĭ́mous |
νομῐ́μᾱς nomĭ́mās |
νόμῐμᾰ nómĭmă | |||||
| Vocative | νόμῐμε nómĭme |
νομῐ́μη nomĭ́mē |
νόμῐμον nómĭmon |
νομῐ́μω nomĭ́mō |
νομῐ́μᾱ nomĭ́mā |
νομῐ́μω nomĭ́mō |
νόμῐμοι nómĭmoi |
νόμῐμαι nómĭmai |
νόμῐμᾰ nómĭmă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| νομῐ́μως nomĭ́mōs |
νομῐμώτερος nomĭmṓteros |
νομῐμώτᾰτος nomĭmṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- νόμιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νόμιμος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “νόμιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νόμιμος”, 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.
- accustomed idem, page 8.
- common idem, page 148.
- conventional idem, page 173.
- customary idem, page 192.
- establish idem, page 283.
- familiar idem, page 305.
- fashionable idem, page 308.
- formal idem, page 338.
- general idem, page 355.
- habitual idem, page 380.
- lawful idem, page 480.
- legal idem, page 484.
- legitimate idem, page 485.
- normal idem, page 562.
- ordinary idem, page 579.
- permissible idem, page 607.
- popular idem, page 626.
- regular idem, page 687.
- rightful idem, page 715.
- traditional idem, page 885.
- usual idem, page 940.
- wonted idem, page 987.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νόμιμος (nómimos). By surface analysis, νόμος (nómos) + -ιμος (-imos).
Adjective
νόμιμος • (nómimos) m (feminine νόμιμη, neuter νόμιμο)
- legal (allowed by law)
- legitimate
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | νόμιμος (nómimos) | νόμιμη (nómimi) | νόμιμο (nómimo) | νόμιμοι (nómimoi) | νόμιμες (nómimes) | νόμιμα (nómima) | |
| genitive | νόμιμου (nómimou) | νόμιμης (nómimis) | νόμιμου (nómimou) | νόμιμων (nómimon) | νόμιμων (nómimon) | νόμιμων (nómimon) | |
| accusative | νόμιμο (nómimo) | νόμιμη (nómimi) | νόμιμο (nómimo) | νόμιμους (nómimous) | νόμιμες (nómimes) | νόμιμα (nómima) | |
| vocative | νόμιμε (nómime) | νόμιμη (nómimi) | νόμιμο (nómimo) | νόμιμοι (nómimoi) | νόμιμες (nómimes) | νόμιμα (nómima) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο νόμιμος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο νόμιμος, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο νομιμότερος", etc)
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Antonyms
- παράνομος (paránomos)
Derived terms
- νομιμοποίηση (nomimopoíisi)
- νομιμοποιώ (nomimopoió)
- νομίμως (nomímos)
See also
- νομικός (nomikós, “legal, pertaining to the law”)
Further reading
- νόμιμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language