εὐνομία

English (LSJ)

Ep. and Ion. -ιη, ἡ,

   A good order, ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες Od.17.487; ἐν εὐ. εἶναι Xenoph.2.19; μετέβαλον ὧδε ἐς εὐ. Hdt.1.65, cf. 2.124: pl., εὐνομίῃσι πόλιν κάτα . . κοιρανέουσ' h.Hom.30.11, cf. Pl.Sph.216b; ἀπόλεμος εὐ. Pi.P.5.67, cf. AP6.195 (Arch.); Καίσαρος εὐ. ib.236 (Phil.); εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς εἰσδέχεσθαι Pl.R.425a; οὐκ ἔστι εὐνομία τὸ εὖ κεῖσθαι τοὺς νόμους, μὴ πείθεσθαι δέ Arist.Pol.1294a3, cf. 1280b6, Pl. Def.413e; οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς εὐνομίας, title of officials in Crete, GDI5075.35 (Latos).    2 loyalty to divine law, εὐνομίᾳ σέβων μεγίστᾳ S.Aj.713 (lyr.).    3 personified as daughter of Themis, Hes.Th.902, cf. Pi.O.9.16, 13.6, B.12.186, D.25.11, Lyr.Adesp.140.6, IG2.1598; title of a poem by Tyrtaeus, cf. Arist.Pol.1307a1, Str.8.4.10.    4 observance of the laws of art, εὐ. μουσική Longus 2.35.    II (εὔνομος 11) diligence in foraging: metaph., of bees, Philostr.Im.2.2; regularity in pasturing, of sheep, Longus 1.5.