νομ-ικός, ή, όν,
relating to laws, αἴτια, title of work by Democritus; resting on law, ἤθη [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 625a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; conventional, ν. δίκαιον, opposed to φυσικόν, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1134b20; ν. φιλία, opposed to ἠθική, [prev. work] 1162b23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb -κῶς after the manner of law, i.e. in a broad, general way, [[ [prev. author] “Pol.” 1341b31. ] Refs]
__2 forensic, μάχαι [[ NT.Tit.3.9 ] NT]; ἀγῶνες, opposed to λογικοί, ἠθικοί, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.22.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; relating to points of law (opposed to matters of fact), στάσις, ζήτημα, [[ 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ τῶν στάσεων” 2, 3 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ν. ὀνόματα law-terms, [[ [prev. author] “Meth.” 2; τὰ ν. ] Refs]law matters, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.37 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -κῶς by legal process, [[ [prev. author] 2.533b. ] Refs]
__II learned in the law, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Minos” 317e (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; doctor of the Jewish law, [[NT.Matt.22.35, +others ] NT]
__II.2 lawyer, notary, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 26, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ τῆς τάξεως τῶν ἰδίων βιβλίων” 5, “BGU” 326ii22 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.3 legal adviser, assessor of a magistrate, Mitteis [[ “Chr.” 372 iii 18 (2nd c.AD), etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ν. ἄριστος [[ “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2787 (from Aphrodisias), compare “BGU” 361 iii 2 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]