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nĕmus , ŏris, n. root nem-, distribute; Gr. νέμω, νομός; cf. νέμος, pasturage, and Lat. Numa, numerus, = νέμος,
I.a wood with open glades and meadows for cattle, a wood with much pasture-land, a grove; poet., a wood in gen. (cf.: saltus, silva, lucus).
I. Lit.: “cras foliis nemus Multis tempestas Sternet,Hor. C. 3, 17, 9: “multos nemora silvaeque commovent,Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.): “montium custos nemorumque (Diana),Hor. C. 3, 22, 1: “gelidum,id. ib. 1, 1, 30: “nemorum saltus,Verg. E. 6, 56: “nemus arboribus densum,Ov. F. 6, 9: “nemorum avia,id. M. 1, 479: “nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos,Tib. 3, 3, 15: “sacri fontis nemus,Juv. 3, 17.—
B. In partic., a heath or grove consecrated to a divinity: “Angitiae nemus,Verg. A. 7, 759.—Also alone: Nĕmus , the sacred grove of Diana at Aricia, where Cæsar had a villa, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5; cf.: “tabulam pictam in nemore Dianae posuit,Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; v. nemorensis, II. B.—
II. Poet. transf., a tree: “nemora alta,Luc. 1, 453; Mart. 9, 62, 9; cf. Verg. G. 2, 401.—Also, wood: “strictum acervans nemore congesto aggerem,Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.
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