Nomos
Nomos
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Nomos or Nomoi may refer to:
- from the Greek term for "law" (νόμος, nómos; pl. νόμοι, nómoi). It is the origin of the suffix -onomy, as in astronomy, economy, or taxonomy.
- custom, traditional social norm, the equivalent of Latin mores
- Namus, the Persianate borrowing of νόμος used for normative patriarchal community standards in the Muslim World
- Laws (dialogue), a work by Plato
- Nomos (mythology), "the spirit of law" in Greek mythology
- Nomos (sociology), "meaningful orders or worldviews of individuals" in Peter L. Berger's sociology of religion
- from the Greek νομός, meaning "pasture, field; division, distribution; district, province"
- Nome (Egypt), a subdivisions of Ancient Egypt
- Nomes, the prefectures of Greece
-- The nouns nómos and nomós both derive from the verb νέμω, némō, to dispense or to allot, with nomós being the result of allotment and nómos being the manner of allotment or dispensing (justice).
Also used in numismatics to refer to ancient coins Nomisma.
Company and product names[edit]
- Nomos, a Sydney-based Australian law firm specialising in immigration law
- NOMOS-BANK, a Russian bank
- Nomos Glashütte, a German watchmaking company
- Nomos-Uhr-Gesellschaft, Guido Müller & Co., a German watch company from 1906-1910
Other[edit]
- Nomos, a publication of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
- Nomos (band), traditional Irish music band of the 1990s
See also[edit]
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