νομάς

See also: Νομάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νομός (nomós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /no.más/ → /noˈmas/ → /noˈmas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /no.más/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /noˈmas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /noˈmas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /noˈmas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /noˈmas/

Noun

νομᾰ́ς • (nomắs) m or f (genitive νομᾰ́δος); third declension

1. roaming about for pasture, pastoral tribes
2. (figuratively) prostitute
3. Numidian

Declension

Third declension of ὁ / ἡ νομᾰ́ς; τοῦ / τῆς νομᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ / ἡ νομᾰ́ς ho / hē nomắs	τὼ νομᾰ́δε tṑ nomắde	οἱ / αἱ νομᾰ́δες hoi / hai nomắdes
Genitive	τοῦ / τῆς νομᾰ́δος toû / tês nomắdos	τοῖν νομᾰ́δοιν toîn nomắdoin	τῶν νομᾰ́δων tôn nomắdōn
Dative	τῷ / τῇ νομᾰ́δῐ tōî / tēî nomắdĭ	τοῖν νομᾰ́δοιν toîn nomắdoin	τοῖς / ταῖς νομᾰ́σῐ / νομᾰ́σῐν toîs / taîs nomắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν / τὴν νομᾰ́δᾰ tòn / tḕn nomắdă	τὼ νομᾰ́δε tṑ nomắde	τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς νομᾰ́δᾰς toùs / tā̀s nomắdăs
Vocative	νομᾰ́ς nomắs	νομᾰ́δε nomắde	νομᾰ́δες nomắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• νομαδικός (nomadikós)

Descendants

• Latin: Numida, Nomas

References

• “νομάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νομάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νομάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νομάς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • browsing idem, page 101.
  • errant idem, page 281.
  • grazing idem, page 371.
  • migratory idem, page 528.
  • nomad idem, page 559.
  • pastoral idem, page 598.
  • pasturing idem, page 598.
  • roving idem, page 723.
  • strolling idem, page 827.
  • vagabond idem, page 942.
  • vagrant idem, page 942.
  • wandering idem, page 961.