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νομ-ικός , ή, όν,
A.relating to laws, αἴτια, title of work by Democritus; resting on law, “ἤθη” Pl.Lg.625a; conventional, ν. δίκαιον, opp. φυσικόν, Arist.EN1134b20; ν. φιλία, opp. ἠθική, ib. 1162b23. Adv. -κῶς after the manner of law, i.e. in a broad, general way, Id.Pol.1341b31.
2. forensic, “μάχαι” Ep.Tit.3.9; ἀγῶνες, opp. λογικοί, ἠθικοί, Philostr.VS1.22.1; relating to points of law (opp. matters of fact), στάσις, ζήτημα, Hermog.Stat.2,3; ν. ὀνόματα law-terms, Id.Meth.2; “τὰ ν.” law matters, Phld.Rh.1.37 S., Plu.Cic.26. Adv. “-κῶς” by legal process, Id.2.533b.
II. learned in the law, Alex.39, Pl.Min.317e (Sup.); doctor of the Jewish law, Ev.Matt.22.35,al.
2. lawyer, notary, Plu.Cic.26, Gal.Libr.Ord.5, BGU326ii22 (ii A.D.).
3. legal adviser, assessor of a magistrate, Mitteis Chr.372 iii 18 (ii A.D.), etc.; “ν. ἄριστος” CIG2787 (Aphrodisias), cf. BGU361 iii 2 (ii A.D.), etc.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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