nomothete
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nomothete
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Borrowed from Latin nomotheta, borrowed from Ancient Greek νομοθέτης (nomothétēs, “law-giver”), from νόμος (nómos, “law”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “lay”) + -της (-tēs).
noun nomothetes
- A lawgiver; a legislator. He proposed a bicameral legislature divided into elected legislators tasked with everyday business of state, who he called “telothetes,” and another set of legislators called “nomothetes” of ages forty to fifty-five elected by their peers to fifteen-year terms.
- A name giver. Clearly we are in the presence of a motif, common to other religions and mythologies — that of the Nomothete, the name-giver, the creator of language
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Talk about this word "nomothete." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nomothete. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nomothete. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nomothete "nomothete." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nomothete.Cite this
@misc{nomothete_2026,
title = {nomothete},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nomothete},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
