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νόμιμος
lawful /ˈno.mi.mos/
adjectiveB2#2468 most common
Also: legal, legitimate
Example sentences
Το κάπνισμα εδώ δεν είναι νόμιμο.
Smoking here is not legal.
Είναι νόμιμο να οδηγείς στα δεκαέξι σου;
Is it legal to drive at sixteen?
Ο γάμος τους ήταν νόμιμος σε όλες τις χώρες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.
Their marriage was legal in all countries of the European Union.
Η κυβέρνηση ενέκρινε έναν νόμιμο τρόπο είσπραξης των φόρων.
The government approved a legal method of tax collection.
Οι δικηγόροι αμφισβήτησαν αν η σύμβαση ήταν νόμιμη εξαρχής.
The lawyers disputed whether the contract had been legal from the outset.
Η απόφαση του δικαστηρίου επιβεβαίωσε ότι οι νόμιμοι εκπρόσωποι της εταιρείας ενήργησαν εντός των πλαισίων της νομοθεσίας.
The court's ruling confirmed that the company's legal representatives had acted within the bounds of the legislation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | νόμιμος | νόμιμοι |
| Genitive | νόμιμου | νόμιμων |
| Accusative | νόμιμο | νόμιμους |
| Vocative | νόμιμε | νόμιμοι |
Word family
Etymology
νόμιμος is built on νόμος, the Greek word for law or custom, plus the adjective-forming suffix -ιμος, which marks fitness or conformity to something. So νόμιμος literally means fitting with the law. νόμος itself traces back to the verb νέμειν, to distribute or allot, since early law was tied to the fair distribution of land, goods, and pasture.
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