νομεύω

English (LSJ)

   A 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.