Nomos

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
  • Laws (dialogue), a work by Plato
  • Nomos (music), in early Greek culture, the traditional melody types used by the singer for the recitation of the epics, and all-known melody types used by citharedes and auletes in musical contests.
  • 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
  • Nome (Greece), the administrative division immediately below the peripheries of Greece (Template:Lang-el; pl. νομοί, nomoí)

-- 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

• 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

• Nomos, a publication of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
• Nomos (band), traditional Irish music band of the 1990s

See also

• Nome (disambiguation)