νομεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέμω (némō) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /no.měu̯s/ → /noˈmeɸs/ → /noˈmefs/

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

Noun

νομεύς • (nomeús) m (genitive νομέως or νομῆος); third declension

1. herdsman, herder
2. (Byzantine) owner

Declension

Third declension of ὁ νομεύς; τοῦ νομέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νομεύς ho nomeús	τὼ νομῆ tṑ nomê	οἱ νομῆς / νομεῖς hoi nomês / nomeîs
Genitive	τοῦ νομέως toû noméōs	τοῖν νομέοιν toîn noméoin	τῶν νομέων tôn noméōn
Dative	τῷ νομεῖ tôi nomeî	τοῖν νομέοιν toîn noméoin	τοῖς νομεῦσῐ / νομεῦσῐν toîs nomeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν νομέᾱ tòn noméā	τὼ νομῆ tṑ nomê	τοὺς νομέᾱς toùs noméās
Vocative	νομεῦ nomeû	νομῆ nomê	νομῆς / νομεῖς nomês / nomeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of νομεύς; νομῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νομεύς nomeús	νομῆε nomêe	νομῆες nomêes
Genitive	νομῆος / νομέος nomêos / noméos	νομήοιῐν nomḗoiin	νομήων nomḗōn
Dative	νομῆῐ̈ / νομέῐ̈ nomêï / noméï	νομήοιῐν nomḗoiin	νομήεσσῐ / νομήεσσῐν / νομεῦσῐ / νομεῦσῐν nomḗessi(n) / nomeûsi(n)
Accusative	νομῆᾰ / νομέᾰ nomêa / noméa	νομῆε nomêe	νομῆᾰς nomêas
Vocative	νομεῦ nomeû	νομῆε nomêe	νομῆες nomêes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• νομεύω (nomeúō)

Further reading

• “νομεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νομεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νομεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• νομεύς 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
• “νομεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dispenser idem, page 236.
  • distributor idem, page 242.
  • drover idem, page 254.
  • grazier idem, page 371.
  • herdsman idem, page 397.
  • shepherd idem, page 765.