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Definition of Nomos
1. law [n NOMOI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nomos
Literary usage of Nomos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Right and of Law: To which is Added a Historical and Critical by George Hugh Smith (1887)
"Plato, when he assumes the function of constructor, establishes special officers
for enforcing in detail the authority of King nomos in his own Platonic ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1858)
"nomos. An Attempt to demonstrate a Central Physical Law in Nature. London: 1856.
A LMOST every age of human history has either given to itself, ..."
3. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... the Science—Outfit of the Musicians—Power of the Drama—They Sang a Doxology—
Orphic Canticle—Wide Range of the Singers—The Harmos- tios nomos—A Mournful ..."