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νομεύς

νομεύς, a shepherd, herdsman; pl. ribs of a ship

νομ-εύς, έως, Ep. ῆος, ὁ, (νέμω)
  • herdsman, κύνες τʼ ἄνδρες τε νομῆες Il. 17.65; δύω δʼ ἅμʼ ἕποντο νομῆες, opp. the chief herdsman, Od. 17.214, cf. 16.3, 17.246: generic term including the special αἰπόλος, βουκόλος, ποιμήν, συβώτης, cf. Pl. Tht. 174d, R. 370d; βοῶν ἀγέλης ν. X. Mem. 1.2.32; ν. προβάτων Arist. EN 1161a14.
    • II dealer out, distributor, ἀγαθῶν Pl. Lg. 931d, cf. Min. 317d, 321b.
    • III pl., = ἐγκοίλια, ribs of a ship, Hdt. 1.194, 2.96, cf. Hsch.; also, = σχοῖνοι ἀρμένων, Id.

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