νομοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

guardian of the laws, a title of officials appointed to watch over the laws and their observance
minor official under control of village elders, with police and fiscal duties

Etymology

Compound from Ancient Greek νόμος (law, custom, ordinance, melody) + Ancient Greek φύλαξ (guard).

Origin

Ancient Greek

φύλαξ

Gloss

guard

Concept

Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-nomics English
-nomy English
nomism English
nomo- English
-nomi Finnish
nomismi Finnish
αὐτόνομος Ancient Greek
γαζοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
γυναικονόμος Ancient Greek
δεσμοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
εἰρηνοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
εὐνομέομαι Ancient Greek
θεοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
θησαυροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
μαγδωλοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
μηλοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
μηνιγγοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
ναοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
νομίζω Ancient Greek
νομικός Ancient Greek
νομοθέτης Ancient Greek
νυκτοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
νόμος Ancient Greek
ξενοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
οἰκοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
παιδονόμος Ancient Greek
παιδοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
σκευοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
σκηνοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
φυλακή Ancient Greek
φύλαξ Ancient Greek
χαλαζοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
χειρονόμος Ancient Greek
χιμαιροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
χρυσοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
ἀγροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
ἀστρονομία Ancient Greek
ἄνομος Ancient Greek
ἰσονομία Ancient Greek
ἱεροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
ὀροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
ὀρφανοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
ὁρμοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
ὁροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
ῥισκοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
*nem- Proto-Indo-European
iseanóimeacht Irish
نَامُوس Arabic
Δευτερονόμιο Greek (modern)
νόμος Greek (modern)
ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ Coptic
נמוסא Aramaic
ܢܳܡܘܿܣܳܐ Classical Syriac
𐫗𐫇𐫖 Sogdian
ᠨᠤᠮ Old Uyghur