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νεμεσ-ητός , ή, όν, in Hom. always νεμεσσητός , exc. Il.11.649:—
A.causing indignation or wrath, worthy of it, “νεμεσσητὸν δέ κεν εἴη” 3.410, etc.: c. inf., “οὔ τι νεμεσσητὸν κεχολῶσθαι” 9.523, Od.22.59; “οὔτοι νεμεσητόν” S.Ph.1193 (lyr.), cf. Pl.Euthd.282b; “οὐ ν. τὸ διαμαρτάνειν” Phld.Sto.339.12; ν. “ἰδεῖν” Tyrt.10.26; “ψεῦδος δὲ . . ν. κατὰ φύσιν” Pl.Lg.943e; νεμεσητὸν ἐὰν . . it is matter for indignation that . . , Arist.Rh.1387a32, cf. IPE12.34.17 (Olbia).
2. retributive, “ἔπαθε πρᾶγμα ν.” retribution, Plu. Ages.22 ; so “νεμεσητὰ παθεῖν” Id.Per.37; “πάθος ν. ἔπαθε” Id.Pomp.38; τὸ ν. ἀφοσιούμενος ib.42.
b. deserving retribution, Nic.Dam.68.9J.
II. Act., prone to wrath, “αἰδοῖος νεμεσητός” Il.11.649; “Κύπρι νεμεσσατά” Theoc.1.101.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Homer, Iliad, 11.649
    • Homer, Iliad, 3.410
    • Homer, Iliad, 9.523
    • Homer, Odyssey, 22.59
    • Plato, Laws, 943e
    • Plato, Euthydemus, 282b
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1193
    • Plutarch, Agesilaus, 22
    • Plutarch, Pericles, 37
    • Plutarch, Pompey, 38
    • Plutarch, Pompey, 42
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