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νομεύω

νομεύω, to put to graze, drive afield

νομ-εύω,
  • put to graze, drive afield, in Act., of the shepherd, καλλίτριχα μῆλα νομεύων Od. 9.336; ἐνόμευε νομὸν κάτα πίονα μῆλα ib. 217; ἀγέλην ν. Pl. Plt. 265d:—Pass., metaph., of ἀνθρώπων ἀγέλαι, ib. 295e.
      • 2 βουσὶ νομοὺς ν. eat down the pastures with oxen, Lat. depascere, h.Merc. 492.
      • 3 abs., to be a shepherd, tend flocks, Theoc. 20.35.
    • II later, = νωμάω, direct, manage, Nonn. D. 7.110.

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