νομὴν   [3 verses] (noun sg fem acc) "Pasture" is from nome, which means "pasturage", "food from pasture", "feeding", "grazing," [metaphor] "spreading", "division", "distribution," and "paying out."  - The noun translated as "pasture" doesn't mean that exactly. It means the food from the pasture like "forage" and the process of eating it like "foraging." Its metaphorical meaning is to "spread out." This refers to how a herd of animals spreads out when they are eating as opposed to how they bunch together when moving or defending themselves.