Note 21 — Chapter XIV · HIPPARCHUS — MINOS.
Reading edition
Plato, Minos, 316 A. Πότερον δὲ τὰ πλεῖον ἔλκοντα βαρύτερα νομίζεται ἐνθάδε, τὰ δὲ ἔλαττον, κουφότερα, ἢ τοὐναντίον;
The verb νομίζεται deserves attention here, being the same word as has been employed in regard to law, and derived from νόμος.