νομ-εύω,
A. put to graze, drive afield,in Act. , of the shepherd, καλλίτριχα μῆλα νομεύων
Od. 9.336
;ἐνόμευε νομὸν κάτα πίονα μῆλαib. 217 ; ἀγέλην ν.
Pl. Plt. 265d
:— Pass. , metaph., ofἀνθρώπων ἀγέλαι,ib. 295e .
2. βουσὶ νομοὺς ν. eat downthe pastures with oxen, Lat.depascere,
h.Merc. 492 .
3. abs.,to be a shepherd, tend flocks,
Theoc. 20.35 .
II. later, = νωμάω ,direct, manage,
Nonn. D. 7.110 .