εὐνομία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion. [[εὐνομίη]], ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[good system of laws and government]], [[good system of laws]], [[good legislation]], [[good order]], ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες <span class="bibl">Od.17.487</span>; ἐν εὐ. εἶναι <span class="bibl">Xenoph.2.19</span>; <b class="b3">μετέβαλον ὧδε ἐς εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.65</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.124</span>: pl., εὐνομίῃσι πόλιν κάτα… κοιρανέουσ' <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>30.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>216b</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπόλεμος εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.67</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>6.195 (Arch.); <b class="b3">Καίσαρος εὐ</b>. ib.236 (Phil.); εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς εἰσδέχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>425a</span>; οὐκ ἔστι εὐνομία τὸ εὖ κεῖσθαι τοὺς νόμους, μὴ πείθεσθαι δέ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1294a3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1280b6</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Def.</span>413e</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς εὐνομίας</b>, title of officials in Crete, <span class="title">GDI</span>5075.35 (Latos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[loyalty to divine law]], εὐνομίᾳ σέβων μεγίστᾳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>713</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> personified as daughter of Themis, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>902</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.16</span>, <span class="bibl">13.6</span>, <span class="bibl">B.12.186</span>, <span class="bibl">D.25.11</span>, <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>140.6, <span class="title">IG</span>2.1598; title of a poem by Tyrtaeus, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1307a1</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.8.4.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[observance of the laws of art]], εὐ. μουσική <span class="bibl">Longus 2.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (εὔνομος <span class="bibl">11</span>) [[diligence in foraging]]: metaph., of bees, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.2</span>; [[regularity in pasturing]], of sheep, <span class="bibl">Longus 1.5</span>.</span>