νόμ-ισμα, ατος, τό,
anything sanctioned by current or established usage, custom, Ἑλληνικὸν ν. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 269, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1471 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; institution, οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν ν. ἔβλαστε [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 296; θεοὶ ἡμῖν ν. οὐκ ἔστι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 248, with a play on signification 11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (do not pass current with us).
__II especially current coin, ν. κόψαι or κόψασθαι, coin money, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.56, 4.166; τἀρχαῖον ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 720; ν. σύμβολον τῆς ἀλλαγῆς ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1133b11, “Pol.” 1257a11, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.20; τάλαντα νομίσματος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.8; ν. ἡμεδαποῦ “IG” 12.91.4; τὸ ἐπιχώριον ν. “PCair.Zen.” 21.12 (3rd c.BC): _plural_ νομίσματα ] Refs 5th c.BC+]pieces of money, coins, [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.9.7. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III full legal measure, τοῦ χοῶς ἢ τῶν κοτυλῶν τὸ ν. διαλυμαίνεται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 348. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]