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εὐνομία

εὐνομία, good order, order

εὐνομ-ία, Ep. and Ion. -ίη, ἡ,
  • good order, ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες Od. 17.487; ἐν εὐ. εἶναι Xenoph. 2.19; μετέβαλον ὧδε ἐς εὐ. Hdt. 1.65, cf. 2.124: pl., εὐνομίῃσι πόλιν κάτα . . κοιρανέουσʼ h.Hom. 30.11, cf. Pl. Sph. 216b; ἀπόλεμος εὐ. Pi. P. 5.67, cf. AP 6.195 (Arch.); Καίσαρος εὐ. ib. 236 (Phil.); εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς εἰσδέχεσθαι Pl. R. 425a; οὐκ ἔστι εὐνομία τὸ εὖ κεῖσθαι τοὺς νόμους, μὴ πείθεσθαι δέ Arist. Pol. 1294a3, cf. 1280b6, Pl. Def. 413e; οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς εὐνομίας, title of officials in Crete, GDI 5075.35 (Latos).
      • 2 loyalty to divine law, εὐνομίᾳ σέβων μεγίστᾳ S. Aj. 713 (lyr.).
      • 3 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.
      • 4 observance of the laws of art, εὐ. μουσική Longus 2.35.
    • II (εὔνομος II) diligence in foraging: metaph., of bees, Philostr. Im. 2.2; regularity in pasturing, of sheep, Longus 1.5.

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