A.place of pasturage, Il.2.475, Od.9.217, etc.; ν. ὕλης a woodland pasture, 10.159; ν. Περιδάϊος pasture of Ida, Pi.Pae.4.51.
2. herbage, pasture, h.Merc.198: generally, food, Hes.Op.526; “ἐπέτονθ᾽ . . ἐπὶ νομόν” Ar.Av.1287, cf. 239 (lyr.).
3. metaph., ἐπέων πολὺς ν. ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα a wide range for words (but expld. by Sch. as = νέμησις, apportionment), Il.20.249; πάντῃ . . νόμος (νομοὶ Barnes) “βεβλήαται ᾠδῆς” h.Ap.20; but, ἐπέων ν. expenditure of words, Hes. Op.403.