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νόμος, ὁ,
(νέμω) that which is in habitual practice, use or possession, not in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.15), though read by 4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.3. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I usage, custom, [Μοῦσαι] μέλπονται πάντων τε νόμους καὶ ἤθεα κεδνά [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 66; ν. ἀρχαῖος ἄριστος [prev. author] “fragment” 221 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔνθα ν. (i.e. ἐστί) with infinitive, where it is the custom.., [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.5] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ν. πάντων βασιλεύς custom is lord of all, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 169.1; ν. δεσπότης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 715d; ν. τύραννος τῶν ἀνθρώπων [prev. author] “Prt.” 337d; ἴησις ὀθονίοισι κατὰ τὸν ν. τὸν ἀρθριτικόν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 18; ὡς νόμος [prev. author] “Mochl.” 37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, law, ordinance, τόνδε.. ν. διέταξε Κρονίων.. θηρσὶ.. ἐσθέμεν ἀλλήλους [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 276; τρέφονται πάντες οἱ ἀνθρώπειοι ν. ὑπὸ τοῦ θείου 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 114; ἄφθογγον εἶναι τὸν παλαμναῖον ν. [ἐστί] 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 448; ν. κάλλιστον ἐξευρόντα, πειθαρχεῖν πατρί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1177 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. κοινός, ={ὀρθὸς λόγος}, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.43: _plural_, ἔργων.. ὧν νόμοι πρόκεινται ὑψίποδες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 865 (Lyric poetry); νεοχμοῖς ν. Ζεὺς κρατύνει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 150 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __I.b in VT, of the law of God, ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ [[ LXX.Psa.1.2, +others, cf. LXX.Isa.2.3 ] LXX]; νόμον ὃν ἐνετείλατο ὑμῖν Μωϋσῆς[[LXX.Deu.33.4 ] LXX]; so in NT, ὁ ν. Μωϋσέως [[ NT.Luke.2.22, etc.; but also ὁ ν. τοῦ Χριστοῦ NT.Gal.6.2 ] NT]; ὁ ν. τοῦ Πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς, opposed to ὁ ν. τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τοῦ θανάτου, [[ NT.Rom.8.2; ν. τέλειος ὁ τῆς ἐλευθερίας NT.Jam.1.25. ] NT]
__I.c with Preps., κατὰ νόμον according to custom or law, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 417, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, etc.; κὰν νόμον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.78 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ κατὰ ν. ὄντες θεοί the established deities, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 904a; κατὰ νόμους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 241 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ νόμον contrary to.., [[ [prev. author] “Eu.” 171 (Lyric poetry); παρὰ τοὺς τῆς φύσεως ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83e; ἐν Πανελλάνων νόμῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν Ἀδραστείῳ νόμῳ by the law of Adrastus, i.e. at the Nemean games, [[ [prev. author] “N.” 10.28: especially in _dative_ νόμῳ] Refs] by custom, conventionally, opposed to φύσει, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus 9, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1094b16, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. γλυκύ, ν. πικρόν, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 9; εἰ μή τις λέγοι ν. ὁρᾶν καὶ τὰς λεγομένας ποιότητας μὴ ἐν τοῖς ὑποκειμένοις εἶναι 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.4.29 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ὅσον νόμου χάριν just for form's sake, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.14, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1076a27. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.d statute, ordinance made by authority, [Σόλων] νόμους ἔθηκεν ἄλλους, τοῖς δὲ Δράκοντος θεσμοῖς ἐπαύσαντο χρώμενοι πλὴν τῶν φονικῶν [[ [prev. author] “Ath.” 7.1 (but τὸν Δράκοντος ν. τὸν περὶ τοῦ φόνου “IG” 12.115.5), etc.] Refs]; νόμον τιθέναι, τίθεσθαι, see at {τίθημ; βασιλικὸς ν}. [[ “OGI” 483.1 (Pergam., 2nd c.AD), NT.Jam.2.8 ] NT+2nd c.AD+]: frequently of general laws, opposed to ψηφίσματα (special decrees), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d, etc.; ὅταν τὰ ψηφίσματα κύρια ᾖ ἀλλὰ μὴ ὁ ν. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, law, ἄνευ ὀρέξεως νοῦς ὁ ν. ἐστίν [[[prev. work] 1287a32 ] Refs]; ἄγραφος ν. Legal cited in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.85, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to γεγραμμένος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1373b6; ν. ἴδιος, opposed to κοινός, [prev. work] 4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ν. frequently as subject, οἱ ν. διδόασι τιμωρίας [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.12; ὧν ὁ ν. ἀγορεύει “Inscription Magn.” 92b16 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μὴ ὁ ν. κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ πρῶτο; [[ NT.John.7.51. ] NT]
__I.e with genitive of things, οὗτός τοι πεδίων πέλεται ν. [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 388; Ὑλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.62; τὸν φαρμάκων δίδαξε μαλακόχειρα ν. [prev. author] “N.” 3.55; ν. ἐμβολῆς καὶ διορθώσιος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 38 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ ν. τοῦ κριοῦ, τοῦ ἀνδρός, τῶν ἐρανιστῶν, [[ LXX.Lev.6.31 (7.1), NT.Rom.7.2, “SIG” 1198.14 (Arcesine, 3rd c.BC)] LXX+NT+3rd c.BC+]; ἐς χειρῶν νόμον ἀπικέσθαι to come to blows, into action, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.48 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ ἀπόλλυσθαι, περιπεσεῖν, die in action, [[ [prev. author] 8.89, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.57.8; μεταλλάξαι τὸν βίον ἐν χ. ν. [prev. author] 3.63.5, compare 3.116.9; Ἀσδρούβας.. ἐν χ. ν. κατέστρεψε τὸν βίον [prev. author] 11.2.1; τοὺς μὲν ἐν χ. ν. διέφθειρε [prev. author] 1.82.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τοὺς ἐν χ. ν. τὰς πολιτείας καταλύοντας by 'direct action', [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.5; but κτεῖναι ἐν ταῖς πολεμικαῖς ἐξόδοις ἐν χειρὸς νόμῳ ] Refs 4th c.BC+]under martial law, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285a10; τῷ τοῦ πολέμου νόμῳ κτησάμενος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.33. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.2 Νόμος personified, οἱ θεοὶ σθένουσι χὡ κείνων κρατῶν N. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 800, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 105, 160. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II melody, strain, οἶδα δ᾽ ὀρνίχων νόμως πάντων [[ 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 67; ν. ἵππιος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.101; Ἀπόλλων ἁγεῖτο παντοίων ν. [prev. author] “N.” 5.25; ν. πολεμικοί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.69; ἐπηλάλαξαν Ἀραὶ τὸν ὀξὺν ν. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 952 (Lyric poetry); κρεκτοὶ ν. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 463, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 9.584: _metaphorically_, τοὺς Ἅιδου ν. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 861. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II.2 especially a type of early melody created by Terpander for the lyre as an accompaniment to Epic texts, ν. ὄρθιος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24; ν. Βοιώτιος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 966; ν. κιθαρῳδικοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1282, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 700d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1447b26, “Pr.” 918b13, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also for the flute, ν. αὐλῳδικός [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1132d ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; without sung text, ν. αὐλητικός [[[prev. work]1133d, compare 138b, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.79 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; later, composition including both words and melody, e.g. [[ Timaeus Grammaticus “Pers.” ] Refs]
__III ={νοῦμμος} (which see), [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 136, 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 162, “Inscription Délos” 407.21 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. σηστέρτιοι, = Latin nummi sestertii, [[ Inscription Prien. 41.13 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV Architecture texts, course of masonry, [[ “IG” 12(2).11.17 (Mytil.). ] Refs]
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