νομοφύλαξ [ῠ],ᾰκος , ὁ(ἡ
LXX 4 Ma. 15.32 ),
A. guardian of the laws,title of officials appointed to watch over the laws and their observance, Pl. Lg. 755a , 770c , etc.; οἱ ν. ἀριστοκρατικόν
Arist. Pol. 1323a8
, cf. Cic. Legg. 3.20.46 ; at Athens, Philoch. 141b , etc.; at Sparta, Paus. 3.11.2 , IG 5(1).31 , al.; at Thasos, BCH 52.55
(iv/iii B.C.); at Alexandria, PHal. 1.42
(iii B.C.), prob. in Mitteis Chr. 369 i 33
(iii B.C.); at Priene, SIG 282.17
(iv B.C.); at Cyrene, Abh.Berl.Akad. 1925(5).7
(iii B.C.).
2. observer of the law,
σὺ ἡ ν.
LXX
l.c.
II. minor official under control of village elders, with police and fiscal duties, PAmh. 2.108.8 , BGU 759.20 , PRyl. 122.7 , POxy. 1440.7 (allii A.D.).