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νομός

nomos-2

place of pasturage

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νομός, ὁ, (νέμω) A. place of pasturage, Il. 2.475, Od. 9.217, etc.; ν. ὕλης a woodland pasture, 10.159; ν. Περιδάϊος pasture of Ida, Pi. Pae. 4.51. 2. herbage, pasture, h.Merc. 198: generally, food, Hes. Op. 526; ἐπέτονθʼ . . ἐπὶ νομόν Ar. Av. 1287, cf. 239 (lyr.). 3. metaph., ἐπέων πολὺς ν. ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα a wide range for words (but expld. by Sch. as = νέμησις, apportionment), Il. 20.249; πάντῃ . . νόμος (νομοὶ Barnes) βεβλήαται ᾠδῆς h.Ap. 20; but, ἐπέων ν. expenditure of words, Hes. Op. 403. II. habitation, Pi. O. 7.33, S. OC 1061 (lyr.), etc.; νομὸν ἐν θαλάσσῃ ἔχειν to have their dwelling-place, Hdt. 5.92.αʹ; δενδρέων ν. Διόνυσος αὐξάνοι Pi. Fr. 153. 2. district, sphere of command, province, Hdt. 5.102, etc.; satrapy, Id. 1.192, 3.90; of the regions of Scythia, Id. 4.62,66; esp. of the districts of Egypt, Id. 2.4, al., D.S. 1.54, Str. 17.1.22, etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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