"nomos" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nomoi [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos). Doublet of nome and namus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|νόμος}} Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos), {{doublet|en|nome#Etymology_2|namus}} Doublet of nome and namus Head templates: {{en-noun|nomoi}} nomos (plural nomoi)
  1. The body of law, especially that governing human behaviour.
    Sense id: en-nomos-en-noun-ZWCgMkzU Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 59 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: nomoi [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), from νέμω (némō, “to divide”). Doublet of nome. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|νομός||district}} Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “district”), {{doublet|en|nome#Etymology_1}} Doublet of nome Head templates: {{en-noun|nomoi}} nomos (plural nomoi)
  1. A territorial division of ancient Egypt; a nome.
    Sense id: en-nomos-en-noun-lycack6g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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