Grouped multi-column nomenclature
Not sure this is the best solution, but still...
% arara: pdflatex
% arara: nomencl
% arara: pdflatex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nomencl}
\usepackage{multicol}
\makenomenclature
\makeatletter
\newif\if@nomlist
\newcommand*\nomlist{%
\@nomlisttrue
\list{}{%
\labelwidth\nom@tempdim
\leftmargin\labelwidth
\advance\leftmargin\labelsep
\itemsep\nomitemsep
\let\makelabel\nomlabel}}
\renewcommand*\thenomenclature{%
\@ifundefined{chapter}%
{\section*{\nomname}\if@intoc\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\nomname}\fi}%
{\chapter*{\nomname}\if@intoc\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\nomname}\fi}%
\nompreamble
\@nomlistfalse
}
\renewcommand\nomgroup[1]{%
\if@nomlist\endlist\end{multicols}\fi
\ifx#1A\relax
\def\nomgroupname{Latin}%
\else
\ifx#1B\relax
\def\nomgroupname{Greek}%
\else
\def\nomgroupname{Other}%
\fi
\fi
\begin{multicols}{2}[\noindent\large\textbf{\textsf{\nomgroupname}}]
\nomlist
}
\renewcommand*\nompreamble{}
\renewcommand*\nompostamble{\end{multicols}}
\makeatother
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-2]
\nomenclature[A]{a}{1}%
\nomenclature[A]{b}{2}%
\nomenclature[A]{c}{3}%
\nomenclature[A]{d}{4}%
\nomenclature[A]{e}{5}%
\nomenclature[A]{f}{6}%
\nomenclature[A]{g}{7}%
\nomenclature[A]{h}{8}%
\nomenclature[A]{i}{9}%
\nomenclature[A]{j}{10}%
\nomenclature[A]{k}{11}%
\nomenclature[A]{l}{12}%
\nomenclature[B]{$\alpha$}{1}%
\nomenclature[B]{$\beta$}{2}%
\nomenclature[B]{$\gamma$}{3}%
\printnomenclature
\end{document}