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

  • ἅλῳ μακροτένοντι ποτὶ πλατάνιστον ἔπαξαν εὐρεῖαν, νομίῳ καλὸν ἄγαλμα θεῷ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 96 1:1)
  • καὶ ἐάν τισ ἄλλοσ ἀποκτείνῃ, ὅσιον αὐτὸν νομιῶ εἶναι καὶ πρὸσ θεῶν καὶ δαιμόνων, ὡσ πολέμιον κτείναντα τὸν Ἀθηναίων, καὶ τὰ κτήματα τοῦ ἀποθανόντοσ πάντα ἀποδόμενοσ ἀποδώσω τὰ ἡμίσεα τῷ ἀποκτείναντι, καὶ οὐκ ἀποστερήσω οὐδέν. (Andocides, Speeches, 159:5)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐὰν ἐμὲ ἐκπέμπῃσ ἐπὶ θήραν σὺν τῷ θείῳ, νομιῶ ὅσα ἂν ἴδω θηρία, ἐμοὶ ταῦτα τρέφεσθαι. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 4 8:4)

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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