noun

Nŏmăs

gen. ădis · gender common · decl. 3rd

= Νομάς (pasturing flocks); in plur.

pastoral people that wander about with their flocks; Nomads

pastoral people that wander about with their flocks, Nomads, Plin. 5, 3, 2, § 22.—Hence,

Numidians •

In partic., the (wandering) Numidians, Verg. A. 4, 320; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—In sing. collect., a Numidian, Sil. 5, 194.—In fem.: Nomas versuta, a Numidian fortune-teller, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 37.—Hence,

Numidia by extension

Transf.: Nŏmas, ădis, f., Numidia, Mart. 8, 55, 8; 9, 75, 8.

Perseus ID: n31129 Key: Nomas