εὐνομία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion. [[εὐνομίη]], ἡ,<br><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 Od.17.487; ἐν εὐ. εἶναι Xenoph.2.19; <b class="b3">μετέβαλον ὧδε ἐς εὐ.</b> Hdt.1.65, cf. 2.124: pl., εὐνομίῃσι πόλιν κάτα… κοιρανέουσ' ''h.Hom.''30.11, cf. Pl.''Sph.''216b; <b class="b3">ἀπόλεμος εὐ.</b> Pi.''P.''5.67, cf. ''AP''6.195 (Arch.); <b class="b3">Καίσαρος εὐ.</b> ib.236 (Phil.); εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς εἰσδέχεσθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 425a; οὐκ ἔστι εὐνομία τὸ εὖ κεῖσθαι τοὺς νόμους, μὴ πείθεσθαι δέ Arist.''Pol.''1294a3, cf. 1280b6, Pl. ''Def.''413e; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς εὐνομίας</b>, title of officials in Crete, ''GDI''5075.35 (Latos).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[loyalty to divine law]], εὐνομίᾳ σέβων μεγίστᾳ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''713 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> 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, ''IG''2.1598; title of a poem by Tyrtaeus, cf. Arist.''Pol.''1307a1, Str.8.4.10.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[observance of the laws of art]], εὐ. μουσική Longus 2.35.<br><span class="bld">II</span> (εὔνομος ''ΙΙ'') [[diligence in foraging]]: metaph., of bees, Philostr.''Im.''2.2; [[regularity in pasturing]], of sheep, Longus 1.5.