previous next

νεμεσάω 1 νέμεσις

I.to feel just resentment, to be wroth at undeserved good or bad fortune (cf. νέμεσις), properly of the gods, Il., Hes.; ν. τινι to be wroth with a person or at a thing, Hom.
II.Mid. and Pass., properly, to be displeased with oneself: to take shame to oneself, feel shame, Hom.
2.Mid. very much like the Act., c. dat. pers., id=Hom.; c. acc. et inf. to be indignant at seeing, Od.; c. acc. rei, νεμεσσᾶται κακὰ ἔργα visits evil deeds upon the doers, id=Od.

1 νεμεσάω,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: