ἔννομος

ennomos

ordained by law, lawful, legal

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Laws 3
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Book VIII 1
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835b6
Book XI 2
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921c1
932a4
Republic 3
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Book IV 3
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424e6
424e7
433c8
Phaedrus 1
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248d4
Statesman 1
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302e7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔννομος, ον, A. ordained by law, lawful, legal, Pi. O. 7.84; [χθονὸς αἶσα] Id. P. 9.57; δίκα A. Supp. 384 (lyr.), cf. E. Ph. 1651, etc.; ἔννομα πείσονται they will suffer lawful punishment, Th. 3.67; ἔ. ὁμολογία, πολιτεία, Pl. Lg. 921c, Aeschin. 1.5; σὺμ ψάφοις ταῖς ἐ. Supp.Epigr. 2.277 (Delph., ii B. C.); ἐκκλησία IG 9(1).3 (Locr.), Act.Ap. 19.39; ἡλικία, χρόνοι, POxy. 247.12 (i A.D.), Michel 468.29 (ii B. C.). Adv. -μως, ζημιοῦσθαι, διοικεῖσθαι, Lys. 9.12, 30.35, cf. D.C. 56.7: Comp. -ώτερον POxy. 1204.24 (iii A. D.). 2. of persons, keeping within the law, upright, just, A. Supp. 404 (lyr.), Pl. R. 424e; also, subject to the law, μὴ ὢν ἄνομος Θεοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἔ. Χριστοῦ 1 Ep.Cor. 9.21. II. (νέμομαι) feeding in, i.e. inhabiting, οἳ γᾶς τότʼ ἦσαν ἔννομοι A. Supp. 565 (lyr.).

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