νομός

See also: νόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /no.mós/ → /noˈmos/ → /noˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /no.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /noˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /noˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /noˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /noˈmos/

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 tôi nomôi	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

• νέμος (némos)
• νομή (nomḗ)

Derived terms

• Εὐρυνόμη (Eurunómē)
• νομάρχης (nomárkhēs)
• νόμαρχος (nómarkhos)
• νομάς (nomás)
• νόμιος (nómios)
• νομώνης (nomṓnēs)

 

Descendants

• → Aramaic: נמוסא
• French: nome
  • English: 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.
  • district idem, page 242.

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 •	νομοί •
genitive	νομού •	νομών •
accusative	νομό •	νομούς •
vocative	νομέ •	νομοί •

Synonyms

• νομαρχία f (nomarchía, “nomarch”)

Related terms

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

Further reading

• Νομοί της Ελλάδας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el