Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νόμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νόμιος νόμιᾱ νόμιον

Structure: νομι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nomeu/s

Sense

  1. of shepherds, pastoral

Examples

  • τῆσ Λυκοσούρασ δέ ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ Νόμια ὄρη καλούμενα, καὶ Πανόσ τε ἱερὸν ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἐστι Νομίου καὶ τὸ χωρίον ὀνομάζουσι Μέλπειαν, τὸ ἀπὸ τῆσ σύριγγοσ μέλοσ ἐνταῦθα Πανὸσ εὑρεθῆναι λέγοντεσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 38 20:1)
  • κληθῆναι δὲ τὰ ὄρη Νόμια προχειρότατον μέν ἐστιν εἰκάζειν ἐπὶ τοῦ Πανὸσ ταῖσ νομαῖσ, αὐτοὶ δὲ οἱ Ἀρκάδεσ νύμφησ εἶναί φασιν ὄνομα. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 38 20:2)
  • ἀνωτέρω τούτων ἐστὶν ἡ Λυκάονοσ Καλλιστὼ καὶ Νομία τε καὶ ἡ Νηλέωσ Πηρώ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 31 16:1)

Synonyms

  1. of shepherds

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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