νομ-ή, ἡ,
(νέμω) pasturage, ἀμφίβιον.. ἔδωκε ν. βατράχοισι Κρονίων [[ Batrachomyomachia 59; νομὰς νέμειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νομὰς νέμεσθαι[[ [prev. work] 78, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 679a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 575b4, etc.; ποιμνίων νομαί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 761 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in concrete sense, νομαὶ βοσκημάτων herds, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 food from pasturing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 111 C, etc.; αἷμα, ν. σαρκῶν [prev. author] “Ti.” 80e; ἡ προσήκουσα ψυχῆς ν. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 248b; ν. τῶν μελιττῶν τὸ θύμον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 626 b20, compare “PCair.Zen.” 520.10 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 feeding, grazing, of herds, νομὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ={νέμεσθαι}, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 596a14. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3.b metaphorically, spreading, ν. πυρός [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.48.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 35 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; frequently of sores, etc., ν. ποιεῖσθαι spread, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.81.6; ὡς γάγγραινα, ν. ἕξει NT.2Tim.2.17, compare 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.995; ἵσταται ἡ ν., of baldness, [prev. author][prev. work]411; νομαί ] NT+3rd c.BC+]spreading ulcers, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.13, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.860, +others; ν. σαρκὸς θηριώδεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.165e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]