νομός,ὁ, (νέμω)
A. place of pasturage,
Il. 2.475 , Od. 9.217 , etc.;ν. ὕληςa woodlandpasture,
10.159 ;ν. Περιδάϊος pastureof Ida, Pi. Pae. 4.51 .
2. herbage, pasture,
h.Merc. 198 : generally,food,
Hes. Op. 526 ; ἐπέτονθ' . . ἐπὶ νομόν
Ar. Av. 1287
, cf. 239 (lyr.).
3. metaph.,ἐπέων πολὺς ν. ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθαa widerangefor words (but expld. by Sch. as = νέμησις ,apportionment), Il. 20.249 ;πάντῃ . . νόμος(νομοὶBarnes) βεβλήαται ᾠδῆς
h.Ap. 20
; but,ἐπέων ν. expenditureof words, Hes. Op. 403 .
II. habitation,
Pi. O. 7.33 , S. OC 1061 (lyr.), etc.;νομὸν ἐν θαλάσσῃ ἔχεινto have theirdwelling-place,
Hdt. 5.92 .ά; δενδρέων ν. Διόνυσος αὐξάνοι