custom

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substantive

P. and V. ἔθος, τό, νόμος, ὁ, νόμιμον, τό (Euripides, Helen 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 καθ' Ἑλλάδ' ὡς κακῶς νομίζεται (Euripides, Andromache 693).

we will say it is not the custom in Greece to bury on land such as die at sea: V. ἀλλ' οὐ νομίζειν φήσομεν καθ' Ἑλλάδα χέρσῳ καλύπτειν τοὺς θανόντας ἐναλίους (Euripides, Helen 1065).

it is a custom: P. and V. νομίζεται.

buying: P. and V. ὠνή, ἡ.