gnomen

• have {gnomen}, "good disposition 30] i.e. their mother: but some understand it to mean the goddess 31] {en telei touto eskhonto 32] {anolbioi 33] {eutukhees 34] {aperos}: the MSS. —  The history of Herodotus — Volume 1
• In the north transept, covered by the wooden floor, just under the iron bar, is the gnomen and meridian line, formed by P.  Toscanelli in 1408, and repaired by A.  Ximines in 1756. —  The South of France—East Half
• The height of the aperture, through which the ray enters by a window of the cupolina, is 277 feet 4 inches, 9.68 lines French measure; so that, as the inscription states, it is the greatest gnomen existing. —  The South of France—East Half
• [29] {romen}: many of the MSS. have {gnomen}, "good disposition." —  The history of Herodotus — Volume 1
• At first sight, from the air, it looked like a sundial, a slender tower rising like a gnomen above a circle of low buildings and formal gardens. —  Space Viking

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