νομ-άς, άδος, ὁ, ἡ,
(νομός) roaming about for pasture: οἱ νομάδες pastoral tribes, [[ 5th c.BC: Choerilus Epicus 3, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.15, 125, 4.187, 7.85, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1256a31; στρατηγὸς νομάδων “OGI” 616.3 (from Arabia)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. Σκύθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 105, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 709; Ἰνδαί [prev. author] “Supp.” 284 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Cyclopes, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 120. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, of a prostitute, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.327. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 proper name, Numidian, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.19.3, +others: hence νομάδες ὄρνεις ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]guinea-fowl, [[ 2nd c.BC: Ptolemaeus Euergetes II Historicus 2 (a) 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; νομάς alone, [[ 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.663e ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ν. λίθος [[ “Numidian” marble, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hipp.” 6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II feminine adjective roaming, grazing, ἵπποι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 271; ἔλαφος [prev. author] “fragment” 89; ἐπ᾽ ἀκταῖς νομάδα.. ἁλιάετον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 636 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δάμαλις ν. calf of the pastures, i.e. fatted, [[ LXX.1Ki.28.24 ] LXX]; ν. περιστεραί wild doves, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.435] Refs 2nd c.AD+], compare 12.302; of Oedipus exposed, turned adrift on Cithaeron, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1350 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of irrigation-channels, κρῆναι Κηφισοῦ νομάδες ῥεέθρων [[ [prev. author] “OC” 687 ] Refs] (unless distributing, compare νέμω).