νομεύς

nomeus

herdsman

Appears 22 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Statesman 7
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267e1
267e9
268c1
275c1
275d9
276d5
268b6
Minos 6
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317d6
317d8
317e6
321c5
321d2
321b2
Laws 3
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Book VIII 1
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842d7
Book X 2
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906e11
906b5
Republic 3
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Book II 1
Chapter ?

370d10
Book III 1
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399d8
Book IV 1
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440d2
Theaetetus 2
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174d4
174e1
Timaeus 1
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24a7

Dictionary (LSJ)

νομεύς, έως, Ep. ῆος, ὁ, (νέμω) A. herdsman, κύνες τʼ ἄνδρες τε νομῆες Il. 17.65; δύω δʼ ἅμʼ ἕποντο νομῆες, opp. the chief herdsman, Od. 17.214, cf. 16.3, 17.246: generic term including the special αἰπόλος, βουκόλος, ποιμήν, συβώτης, cf. Pl. Tht. 174d, R. 370d; βοῶν ἀγέλης ν. X. Mem. 1.2.32; ν. προβάτων Arist. EN 1161a14. II. dealer out, distributor, ἀγαθῶν Pl. Lg. 931d, cf. Min. 317d, 321b. III. pl., = ἐγκοίλια, ribs of a ship, Hdt. 1.194, 2.96, cf. Hsch.; also, = σχοῖνοι ἀρμένων, Id.

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