νομοθέτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

νόμος (nómos, “law”) +‎ τίθημι (títhēmi, “lay”) +‎ -της (-tēs)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νομοθέτης • (nomothétēs) m (genitive νομοθέτου); first declension (Attic)

  1. legislator, lawmaker, lawgiver

Inflection
First declension of ὁ νομοθέτης; τοῦ νομοθέτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νομοθέτης
ho nomothétēs		 τὼ νομοθέτᾱ
tṑ nomothétā		 οἱ νομοθέται
hoi nomothétai
Genitive τοῦ νομοθέτου
toû nomothétou		 τοῖν νομοθέταιν
toîn nomothétain		 τῶν νομοθετῶν
tôn nomothetôn
Dative τῷ νομοθέτῃ
tôi nomothétēi		 τοῖν νομοθέταιν
toîn nomothétain		 τοῖς νομοθέταις
toîs nomothétais
Accusative τὸν νομοθέτην
tòn nomothétēn		 τὼ νομοθέτᾱ
tṑ nomothétā		 τοὺς νομοθέτᾱς
toùs nomothétās
Vocative νομοθέτᾰ
nomothéta		 νομοθέτᾱ
nomothétā		 νομοθέται
nomothétai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → English: nomothete
  • → French: nomothète
  • Greek: νομοθέτης (nomothétis)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομοθέτης (nomothétēs).

Noun

νομοθέτης • (nomothétis) m (plural νομοθέτες, feminine νομοθέτις)

  1. legislator
    Σόλων ο νομοθέτης (Solon the legislator)
  2. legislature

Declension
declension of νομοθέτης
case     \     number singular plural
nominative νομοθέτης • νομοθέτες •
genitive νομοθέτη • νομοθετών •
accusative νομοθέτη • νομοθέτες •
vocative νομοθέτη • νομοθέτες •
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