单词 | nomothete |
释义 | nomotheten. Chiefly Classical History. = nomothetes n. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > legislator > [noun] lawmakerc1380 lawgivera1382 law-bearer1483 legislatora1513 conditora1533 law-setter?1573 law-writer1580 nomothete1586 legifer1602 enactor1609 Numa1614 lawyera1647 nomographer1656 law-framer1876 Solon1903 1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xi. 34 Such officers as were wont to bee in Greece, called Nomothetes. 1641 H. L'Estrange Gods Sabbath 92 The matter it self was first debated and resolved upon by the Nomothetes or Legislatours in their counsel-house. 1784 W. Mitford Hist. Greece I. vi. §4 260 When any alteration was adjudged in the assembly of the people to be necessary, the Nomothetes, a court consisting of a thousand persons, were directed to consider the best mode of alteration. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xi. 162 The body annually selected for law-revision, and called Nomothets [sic]. 1859 U.S. Democratic Rev. Oct. 329 Nomothetes may not legislate away the rights of property, because it seems humane to give freedom to the bondman. 1935 Hesperia 4 8 When you chose the Council and elected the nomothetes [Greek νομοθέται], they kept finding that..many citizens were inculpated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1586 |
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