custom
From LSJ
οὔτε σοφίας ἐνδείᾳ οὔτ' αἰσχύνης περιουσίᾳ → neither from lack of knowledge nor from superfluity of modesty
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. ἔθος, τό, νόμος, ὁ, νόμιμον, τό (Eur., Hel. 1270; but generally pl.), P. συνήθεια, ἡ, ἐπιτήδευμα, τό, V. νόμισμα, τό.
Customs: P. and V. τὰ καθεστῶτα, Ar. and P. τὰ νομιζόμενα.
Hereditary customs: Ar. and P. τὰ πάτρια.
The custom of the country: Ar. and P. τὸ ἐπιχώριον.
Alas! how bad the custom that prevails in Greece: οἴμοι καθʼ Ἑλλάδʼ ὡς κακῶς νομίζεται (Eur., And. 693).
We will say it is not the custom in Greece to bury on land such as die at sea: V. ἀλλʼ οὐ νομίζειν φήσομεν καθʼ Ἑλλάδα χέρσῳ καλύπτειν τοὺς θανόντας ἐναλίους (Eur., Hel. 1065).
It is a custom: P. and V. νομίζεται.
Buying: P. and V. ὠνή, ἡ.
