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νομοθετέω

nomotheteo

frame laws

Appears 36 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νομοθετέω, pf. νενομοθέτηκα Alex. 126.13:—A. frame laws, Lys. 15.9, Pl. R. 534d, etc.; Λακεδαιμονίοις X. Ap. 15; ταῖς μοναρχίαις Isoc. 2.8; περί τινος Id. 11.40; περί τινων Arist. Pol. 1294a37; ὑπὲρ ὅλου τοῦ ἐμπορίου D. 56.48:—Med., frame laws for oneself, Pl. R. 398b, Tht. 177e, etc.:—Pass., of a state, to be furnished with laws, have a code of laws, Id. Lg. 701d, 962e, cf.Ep.Hebr. 7.11. II. ordain by law, τι Pl. Lg. 628d, R. 417b; ἐναντία τῷ ὅρκῳ τοῦ δήμου ν. And. 4.3: c. inf., enact, τῶν ζῴων ἐστὶν ἃ σέβεσθαι ἐνομοθέτησε Isoc. 11.26, cf. POxy. 1119.16 (iii A.D.): —in Med., Pl. Lg. 736c:—Pass., to be ordained by law, Ep.Hebr. 8.6; τὰ καλῶς νενομοθετημένα ἡμῖν ὑπὸ τῶν βασιλέων OGI 329.13 (Aegina, ii B.C.), cf. Luc. Pr.Im. 18: impers., περὶ ταῦτα οὕτω σφι νενομοθέτηται it has been so ordained by law, Hdt. 2.41; ν. καλὸν [εἶναι] τὸ χαρίζεσθαι Pl. Smp. 182b; ἦν νενομοθετημένον Arist. Pol. 1319a11.

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