The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνομοφύλαξ“nomophylax”
- English todaynomophylax
From Ancient Greek νομοφύλαξ (nomophúlax, “nomophylax”), from νόμος (nómos, “law”) + φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nomophylax
Today it means: A magistrate, in ancient Greece, who was the custodian of the texts of the law. Full definition →
Ancient Greek νομοφύλαξ