νόμος (nómos)

English: law

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Gendermasculine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About νόμος

As a noun, νόμος is of the masculine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    law, rule, code
    Examples:
    • Ο λόγος της ήταν νόμοςO lógos tis ítan nómos
    • Her word was law.
  • noun:
    nome (type of musical composition in ancient Greece)

Declension Table

masculine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeνόμοςνόμοι
genitiveνόμουνόμων
accusativeνόμονόμους
vocativeνόμενόμοι

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how νόμος appears in different grammatical contexts.

Derived Terms

  • ανόμημα (anómima)"Grek"
  • ανομία (anomía)"Grek"
  • -νομία (-nomía)"Grek nowrap"
  • νόμος των εφαπτομένων (nómos ton efaptoménon)"Grek"
  • τσιμπίδα του νόμου (tsimpída tou nómou)"Grek"