νομή

νομή, ἡ, (νέμω) A. pasturage, ἀμφίβιον . . ἔδωκε ν. βατράχοισι Κρονίων Batr. 59; νομὰς νέμειν Hdt. 1.110; νομὰς νέμεσθαι ib.78, cf. Pl. Lg. 679a, Arist. HA 575b4, etc.; ποιμνίων νομαί S. OT 761: in concrete sense, νομαὶ βοσκημάτων herds, X. An. 3.5.2. 2. food from pasturing, Pl. Criti. 111c, etc.; αἷμα, ν. σαρκῶν Id. Ti. 80e; ἡ προσήκουσα ψυχῆς ν. Id. Phdr. 248b; ν. τῶν μελιττῶν τὸ θύμον Arist. HA 626 b20, cf. PCair.Zen. 520.10 (iii B.C.). 3. feeding, grazing, of herds, νομὴν ποιεῖσθαι, = νέμεσθαι, Arist. HA 596a14. b. metaph., spreading, ν. πυρός Plb. 1.48.5, Plu. Alex. 35; freq. of sores, etc., ν. ποιεῖσθαι spread, Plb. 1.81.6; ὡς γάγγραινα, ν. ἕξει 2 Ep.Ti. 2.17, cf. Asclep. ap. Gal. 12.995; ἵσταται ἡ ν., of baldness, Id.ib.411; νομαί spreading ulcers, Hp. Prorrh. 2.13, cf. Gal. 13.860,al.; ν. σαρκὸς θηριώδεις Plu. 2.165e. II. division, distribution, Hdt. 2.52 (pl.), Pl. Prt. 321c, al.; of an inheritance, D. 36.12; ἡ πατρῴα (v.l. πατρῴων) ν. Arist. Pol. 1303b34; διεφθαρκὼς νομῇ χρημάτων τὸν δῆμον by largess of money, Aeschin. 2.76, cf. IG 5(1).1346 (Lacon.): in pl., = Lat. donativa, Hdn. 3.8.9, 5.5.8,6.8.8. 2. paying out or distribution in bandaging, Heliod. ap.Orib. 48.25.1, Gal. 18 (2).741. III. in Law, = Lat. possessio, Wilcken Chr. 41 iii 20 (iii A.D.); μακρᾶς ν. παραγραφή, = longae possessionis praescriptio, Mitteis Chr. 374 i 3 (iii A.D.); ν. ἄδικος, = injusta possessio, PTeb. 286.7 (ii A.D.); ἐπὶ νομῆς πέμπειν, = in possessionem mittere, Just. Nov. 53.4.1. IV. ἐν χειρῶν νομαῖς, = ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ (cf. νόμος I.1 e), SIG 700.29 (Maced., ii B.C.).