νομεύω
nomeuo
put to graze, drive afield
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νομεύω,
‹ All lexicon entries put to graze, drive afield, in Act., of the shepherd, καλλίτριχα μῆλα νομεύων Od. 9.336; ἐνόμευε νομὸν κάτα πίονα μῆλα ib. 217; ἀγέλην ν. Plt. 265d:—Pass., metaph., of ἀνθρώπων ἀγέλαι, ib. 295e.
2. βουσὶ νομοὺς ν. eat down the pastures with oxen, Lat. depascere, h.Merc. 492.
3. abs., to be a shepherd, tend flocks, 20.35.
II. later, = νωμάω, direct, manage, D. 7.110.