A.good order, “ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες” Od.17.487; “ἐν εὐ. εἶναι” Xenoph.2.19; μετέβαλον ὧδε ἐς εὐ. Hdt.1.65, cf. 2.124: pl., “εὐνομίῃσι πόλιν κάτα . . κοιρανέουσ᾽” h.Hom.30.11, cf. Pl.Sph.216b; ἀπόλεμος εὐ. Pi.P.5.67, cf. AP6.195 (Arch.); Καίσαρος εὐ. ib.236 (Phil.); “εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς εἰσδέχεσθαι” Pl.R.425a; “οὐκ ἔστι εὐνομία τὸ εὖ κεῖσθαι τοὺς νόμους, μὴ πείθεσθαι δέ” Arist.Pol.1294a3, cf. 1280b6, Pl. Def.413e; οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς εὐνομίας, title of officials in Crete, GDI5075.35 (Latos).
3. personified as daughter of Themis, Hes.Th.902, cf. Pi.O.9.16, 13.6, B.12.186, D.25.11, Lyr.Adesp.140.6, IG2.1598; title of a poem by Tyrtaeus, cf. Arist.Pol.1307a1, Str.8.4.10.
4. observance of the laws of art, “εὐ. μουσική” Longus 2.35.
II. (“εὔνομος” 11) diligence in foraging: metaph., of bees, Philostr.Im.2.2; regularity in pasturing, of sheep, Longus 1.5.