νομός

See also νόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέμω (nemō, “I pasture, graze”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /nomós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /nomós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /nomós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /nomós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /nomós/

Noun

νομός (genitive νομοῦ) m, second declension; (nomos)

1. pasture, field
2. herbage, food
3. division, distribution
4. dwelling, residence
5. district, region, province

Inflection

Second declension of νομός, νομοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νομός	νομώ	νομοί
Genitive	νομοῦ	νομοῖν	νομῶν
Dative	νομῷ	νομοῖν	νομοῖς
Accusative	νομόν	νομώ	νομούς
Vocative	νομέ	νομώ	νομοί

Synonyms

• νομή (nomē)

References

• LSJ

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Greek

Noun

νομός (nomós) m,   plural νομοί

1. department, county, prefecture

   O νομός Λακωνίας είναι ο νοτιότερος νομός της Πελοποννήσου.

   Laconia is the southernmost prefecture of the Peloponnese.

Usage notes

A subdivision of a periphery (περιφέρεια), each nome is divided into eparchies (eparchy, επαρχία).

Synonyms

• νομαρχία