νομή

Ancient Greek

From νέμω (némō) +‎ -η (-ē).

νομή • (nomḗ) f (genitive νομῆς); first declension

pasturage
division, distribution
1. a governmental division of territory; province, prefecture (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
spreading of sores or blisters (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

First declension of ἡ νομή; τῆς νομῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νομή hē nomḗ	τὼ νομᾱ́ tṑ nomā́	αἱ νομαί hai nomaí
Genitive	τῆς νομῆς tês nomês	τοῖν νομαῖν toîn nomaîn	τῶν νομῶν tôn nomôn
Dative	τῇ νομῇ têi nomêi	τοῖν νομαῖν toîn nomaîn	ταῖς νομαῖς taîs nomaîs
Accusative	τὴν νομήν tḕn nomḗn	τὼ νομᾱ́ tṑ nomā́	τᾱ̀ς νομᾱ́ς tā̀s nomā́s
Vocative	νομή nomḗ	νομᾱ́ nomā́	νομαί nomaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

→ Latin: nomē (“spreading of sores”)
- New Latin: noma
  - → English: noma (learned)
→ New Latin: nomē (“prefecture”) (learned)
- → French: nome (learned)
  - English: nome (“prefecture”)
→ New Latin: nomē (“a kind of musical composition”) (learned)
- → English: nome (“a kind of musical composition”) (learned)