νομή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέμω (némō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νομή • (nomḗ) f (genitive νομῆς); first declension

  1. pasturage
  2. division, distribution
    1. a governmental division of territory; province, prefecture (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    2. a law
      Synonym: νόμος (nómos)
      • 118 BCE, Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum III.700:
        [...] καὶ πολλοὺς μὲν αὐτῶν ἐν χειρῶν νομαῖς ἀπέκτεινεν[.]
        [...] kaì polloùs mèn autôn en kheirôn nomaîs apékteinen[.]
        [...] and many of them he put to death according to the laws of force[.]
  3. spreading of sores or blisters
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prorrhetics 2.13:
      Αἱ δὲ νομαὶ θανατωδέσταται μὲν ὧν αἱ σηπεδόνες βαθύταται, καὶ μελάνταται, καὶ ξηρόταται·
      Hai dè nomaì thanatōdéstatai mèn hôn hai sēpedónes bathútatai, kaì melántatai, kaì xērótatai;
      The deadliest ulcerations are those where the ulcers are deepest, and darkest, and driest.

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Latin: nomē (“spreading of sores”)
    • New Latin: noma
      • → English: noma (learned)
  • → New Latin: nomē (“prefecture”) (learned)
    • → French: nome (learned)
      • English: nome (“prefecture”)
  • → New Latin: nomē (“a kind of musical composition”) (learned)
    • → English: nome (“a kind of musical composition”) (learned)

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