εὐνομία

eunomia

good order

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book IV 1
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713e2
Book XII 1
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960d3
Hippias Major 1
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284d5
Republic 1
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Book IV 1
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425a3
Sophist 1
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216b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐνομία, Ep. and Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. good order, ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες Od. 17.487; ἐν εὐ. εἶναι Xenoph. 2.19; μετέβαλον ὧδε ἐς εὐ. Hdt. 1.65, cf. 2.124: pl., εὐνομίῃσι πόλιν κάτα . . κοιρανέουσʼ h.Hom. 30.11, cf. Pl. Sph. 216b; ἀπόλεμος εὐ. Pi. P. 5.67, cf. AP 6.195 (Arch.); Καίσαρος εὐ. ib.236 (Phil.); εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς εἰσδέχεσθαι Pl. R. 425a; οὐκ ἔστι εὐνομία τὸ εὖ κεῖσθαι τοὺς νόμους, μὴ πείθεσθαι δέ Arist. Pol. 1294a3, cf. 1280b6, Pl. Def. 413e; οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς εὐνομίας, title of officials in Crete, GDI 5075.35 (Latos). 2. loyalty to divine law, εὐνομίᾳ σέβων μεγίστᾳ S. Aj. 713 (lyr.). 3. personified as daughter of Themis, Hes. Th. 902, cf. Pi. O. 9.16, 13.6, B. 12.186, D. 25.11, Lyr.Adesp. 140.6, IG 2.1598; title of a poem by Tyrtaeus, cf. Arist. Pol. 1307a1, Str. 8.4.10. 4. observance of the laws of art, εὐ. μουσική Longus 2.35. II. (εὔνομος II) diligence in foraging: metaph., of bees, Philostr. Im. 2.2; regularity in pasturing, of sheep, Longus 1.5.

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