ordinance
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται -> For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
Corpus Hippocraticum, Aphorisms 1.6.2English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. νόμος, ὁ, νόμιμον, τό, or pl., θεσμός, ὁ (rare P.).
institution: P. and V. κατάστασις, ἡ.