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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2772800, member: 19463&quot;]Yes. Nomos is one of those Greek words (there are many) with meanings hard to translate and very tied to the context of the usage.&nbsp; The most common use was &#039;law&#039; but we get &#039;legal portion&#039;, &#039;fair share&#039; and anything that suggests appropriateness.&nbsp; It is an archaic word which fathered noummos and nummus from which we get numismatic.&nbsp; Greek was the major language of the Mediterranean for many, many centuries and being able to speak it correctly was, in many circles, how you could tell the good guys from the others.&nbsp; Anything that wide spread over time and space will &#039;develop&#039; or change rules quite a bit.&nbsp; I will never forget my favorite professor of Greek explaining why he had no use for New Testament Greek in terms that would not go well with our moderators.&nbsp; He was a fan of the 5th century BC poets and saw everything that followed as unfortunate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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