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Nŏmĭus and Nŏmĭos , ii, and Nŏ-mĭon , ōnis, m., = Νόμιος and Νομίων,
I.the Pasturer, a surname of Apollo, because he tended the flocks of Admetus (cf. Verg. G. 3, 2); acc. to Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 57, it is from νόμος, lex, and denotes the fourth Apollo: “Paeanem aut Nomionem citārimus,” Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251 Klotz.—
II. A son of Apollo and of Cyrene, the daughter of Hypseus, king of Thessaly, Just. 13, 7, 7.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.2
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.59
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.23
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