νομός, ὁ,
(νέμω) place of pasturage, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.475, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.217, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. ὕλης a woodland pasture, [[ 10.159 ] Refs]; ν. Περιδάϊος pasture of Ida, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Pae.” 4.51. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 herbage, pasture, [[ hymnus ad Mercurium 198] Refs]: generally, food, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 526; ἐπέτονθ᾽.. ἐπὶ νομόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1287, compare 239 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, ἐπέων πολὺς ν. ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα a wide range for words (but explained by Scholia as ={νέμησις}, apportionment), [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.249 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντῃ.. νόμος (νομοὶ Barnes) βεβλήαται ᾠδῆς [[ “hymnus ad Apollinem” 20 ] Refs]; but, ἐπέων ν. expenditure of words, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 403. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II habitation, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.33, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1061 (Lyric poetry), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νομὸν ἐν θαλάσσῃ ἔχειν to have their dwelling-place, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.ά] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δενδρέων ν. Διόνυσος αὐξάνοι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 153. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 district, sphere of command, province, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; satrapy, [[ [prev. author] 1.192, 3.90 ] Refs]; of the regions of Scythia, [[ [prev. author] 4.62, 66 ] Refs]; especially of the districts of Egypt, [[ [prev. author] 2.4, +others, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.54, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.22, etc. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]