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nomos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
nomos
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The body of law, especially that governing human behaviour.

noun

A territorial division of ancient Egypt; a nome.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos). Doublet of nome and namus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

nomoi (plural)

Questions

What does nomos mean?
The body of law, especially that governing human behaviour.
Where does nomos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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