单词 | nomothetes |
释义 | nomothetesn. Chiefly Classical History. In ancient Greece: a lawgiver; a legislator (now historical). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > legislator > [noun] > in ancient Athens nomothetes1600 thesmothete1603 archon1659 1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 46 Dictator-like I must confesse I write, And like a Nomothetes criticall. 1871 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 199 The establishment of the Nomophylaces and the Nomothetae, together with the institution of the Indictment for Illegality.., had a decided tendency to check the over-rapid progress of change. 1900 E. Abbott Hist. Greece iii. xi. 418 Nomothetae were appointed to revise the laws. 1960 V. Ehrenberg Greek State (ed. 2) ii. 57 The laws of the nomothetae..had to be ratified by the Ecclesia. 1982 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 24 372 One of the earliest of these [magistrates], Philolaus of Corinth, became a nomothetēs for Thebes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600 |
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