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νομικός

legal (of or relating to law) /no.mi.ˈkos/

adjectiveB1#1273 most common

Also: lawyer, jurist (when used as a noun), juridical

Example sentences

Ο πατέρας μου είναι νομικός.
My father is a lawyer.
Χρειαζόμαστε τη συμβουλή ενός νομικού.
We need the advice of a lawyer.
Η εταιρεία έχει ένα νομικό τμήμα.
The company has a legal department.
Το νομικό πλαίσιο άλλαξε πέρυσι.
The legal framework changed last year.
Οι νομικοί σύμβουλοι εξέτασαν προσεκτικά τη σύμβαση πριν την υπογραφή.
The legal advisors carefully examined the contract before signing.
Η νομική ευθύνη των διοικητικών στελεχών αποτελεί αντικείμενο έντονης συζήτησης στη νομική θεωρία.
The legal liability of executives is a subject of intense debate in legal theory.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeνομικόςνομικοί
Genitiveνομικούνομικών
Accusativeνομικόνομικούς
Vocativeνομικένομικοί

Word family

νόμοςlaw
νομοθεσίαlegislation
νομοθέτηςlegislator
παράνομοςillegal
τα νομικάlaw (the field of study)

Etymology

Νομικός comes from νόμος, meaning law, plus the adjective suffix -ικός, meaning pertaining to. Νόμος itself derives from the verb νέμω, to distribute or allot, since a law was originally seen as a share or portion assigned to each person. The word has kept this legal sense continuously from ancient into modern Greek.

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