νόμος

See also: νομός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νοῦμμος (noûmmos) — Doric

Etymology

From νέμω (némō, “to distribute”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nó.mos/ → /ˈno.mos/ → /ˈno.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nó.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mos/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mos/

Noun

νόμος • (nómos) m (genitive νόμου); second declension

1. usage; custom
2. law; ordinance
3. melody; strain
4. (music) an ancient type of song
5. a type of coin
6. course of masonry

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νόμος; τοῦ νόμου (Attic)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ὁ νόμος ho nómos	τὼ νόμω tṑ nómō	οἱ νόμοι hoi nómoi
genitive	τοῦ νόμου toû nómou	τοῖν νόμοιν toîn nómoin	τῶν νόμων tôn nómōn
dative	τῷ νόμῳ tōî nómōi	τοῖν νόμοιν toîn nómoin	τοῖς νόμοις toîs nómois
accusative	τὸν νόμον tòn nómon	τὼ νόμω tṑ nómō	τοὺς νόμους toùs nómous
vocative	νόμε nóme	νόμω nómō	νόμοι nómoi

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of νόμος; νόμοιο / νόμου (Epic)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	νόμος nómos	νόμω nómō	νόμοι nómoi
genitive	νόμοιο / νόμου nómoio / nómou	νόμοιῐ̈ν nómoiĭ̈n	νόμων nómōn
dative	νόμῳ nómōi	νόμοιῐ̈ν nómoiĭ̈n	νόμοισῐ / νόμοισῐν / νόμοις nómoisĭ(n) / nómois
accusative	νόμον nómon	νόμω nómō	νόμους nómous
vocative	νόμε nóme	νόμω nómō	νόμοι nómoi

• Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Second declension of ὁ νόμος; τοῦ νόμου (Ionic)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ὁ νόμος ho nómos	τὼ νόμω tṑ nómō	οἱ νόμοι hoi nómoi
genitive	τοῦ νόμου toû nómou	τοῖν νόμοιν toîn nómoin	τῶν νόμων tôn nómōn
dative	τῷ νόμῳ tōî nómōi	τοῖν νόμοιν toîn nómoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν νόμοισῐ / νόμοισῐν toîsĭ(n) nómoisĭ(n)
accusative	τὸν νόμον tòn nómon	τὼ νόμω tṑ nómō	τοὺς νόμους toùs nómous
vocative	νόμε nóme	νόμω nómō	νόμοι nómoi

• Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἀγορανόμος (agoranómos)
• ἀνομία (anomía)
• ἄνομος (ánomos)
• ἀστυνόμος (astunómos)
• αὐτόνομος (autónomos)
• γυναικονόμος (gunaikonómos)
• δευτερονόμιον (deuteronómion)
• Δευτερονόμιον (Deuteronómion)
• δύσνομος (dúsnomos)
• ἐκνόμιος (eknómios)
• ἔκνομος (éknomos)
• ἐκνόμως (eknómōs)
• ἔννομος (énnomos)
• ἐπῐνομῐ́ς (epĭnomĭ́s)
• ἐπίνομος (epínomos)
• εὐνομέομαι (eunoméomai)
• εὐνόμημα (eunómēma)
• εὐνομία (eunomía)
• εὔνομος (eúnomos)
• ἰσόνομος (isónomos)
• κακόνομος (kakónomos)
• κᾰτᾰ́νομος (kătắnomos)
• μαστιγονόμος (mastigonómos)
• νομίζω (nomízō)
• νόμιμος (nómimos)
• νομοθέτης (nomothétēs)
• οἰκονομία (oikonomía)
• οἰκονόμος (oikonómos)
• ὁμοιόνομος (homoiónomos)
• παιδονόμος (paidonómos)
• πᾰρᾰ́νομος (părắnomos)
• πᾰρᾰνόμως (părănómōs)
• φιλόνομος (philónomos)
• ὡρονόμος (hōronómos)

Related terms

• νέμος (némos)
• νομή (nomḗ)
• νομός (nomós)

Descendants

• Greek: νόμος (nómos)
• Mariupol Greek: но́мус (nómus)
• → Aramaic: נמוסא
  • Classical Syriac: ܢܡܘܣܐ (nāmōsā)
  • Classical Mandaic: ࡍࡉࡌࡅࡎࡀ (nimusa)
  • → Arabic: نَامُوس (nāmūs) (see there for further descendants)
• → Classical Syriac: ܠܘܡܐ (lūmā) (see there for further descendants)
• → Coptic: ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ (nomos)
• → English: -nomy
• → Latin: nummus (through Doric)
  • → English: nummus
• → Sogdian: 𐫗𐫇𐫖 (nwm /⁠nōm⁠/, “law, canon”)
  • → Old Uyghur: 𐽺𐽳𐽹 (nwm /⁠nom⁠/, “religion, teaching; Buddhist scriptures; law, canon”) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hebrew: נימוס
• → Umbrian: 𐌍𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌓 (numer)

Further reading

• “νόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νόμος” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “νόμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Strong, James (1979), “G3551”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bill idem, page 79.
  • convention idem, page 173.
  • conventionality idem, page 173.
  • custom idem, page 191.
  • enactment idem, page 270.
  • fashion idem, page 308.
  • formula idem, page 339.
  • habit idem, page 380.
  • law idem, page 479.
  • number idem, page 563.
  • ordinance idem, page 579.
  • practice idem, page 631.
  • regulation idem, page 688.
  • restriction idem, page 706.
  • rule idem, page 725.
  • song idem, page 793.
  • statute idem, page 813.
  • strain idem, page 822.
  • tune idem, page 900.
  • wont idem, page 987.
• νόμος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from the Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.mos/

Noun

νόμος • (nómos) m (plural νόμοι)

1. law, rule, code

   Ο λόγος της ήταν νόμος

   O lógos tis ítan nómos

   Her word was law.

2. nome (type of musical composition in ancient Greece)

Declension

Declension of νόμος

	singular	plural
nominative	νόμος (nómos)	νόμοι (nómoi)
genitive	νόμου (nómou)	νόμων (nómon)
accusative	νόμο (nómo)	νόμους (nómous)
vocative	νόμε (nóme)	νόμοι (nómoi)

Derived terms

• ανόμημα n (anómima, “offence”)
• ανομία f (anomía, “lawlessness”)
• -νομία (-nomía, “-nomy”)
• νόμος των εφαπτομένων (nómos ton efaptoménon)
• τσιμπίδα του νόμου f (tsimpída tou nómou, “long arm of the law”)

Further reading

• νόμος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• νόμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language