G8405 — νομός

1. a feeding-place for cattle, pasture , (Homer); ν. ὕλης a woodland pasture , (Odyssey by Homer) 2. herbage , (Homeric Hymns):—;generally, food , (Hesiod) 3. metaphorically, ἐπέων πολὺς νομός a wide range for words, (Iliad by Homer) 4. an abode allotted or assigned to one, a district, province , (Pindar), etc.; νομὸν ἔχειν to have one's dwelling-place , (Herdotus Historicus) 5. one of the districts into which Egypt was divided, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; applied also to other provinces , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)