nomos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

nŏmos i, m. (and nŏmus), = νομός.

I A district, province, nome : Thebais dividitur in praefecturas oppidorum, quos nomos vocant, duodecim, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49: substituunt alios nomos, ut Heroopoliten, id. ib. § 50.—

II In music, a tune, air , Suet. Ner. 20.

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