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Nĕmĕa , ae, and Nĕmĕē , ēs, f., = Νεμέη,
I.a city in Argolis, near which Hercules slew the Nemean lion and founded the Nemean games: “nec Nemeae nec Olympiae nec usquam,” Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 1; Cic. Fat. 4, 7: “Nemeae sub rupe,” Verg. A. 8, 295: “Nemee frondosa,” Mart. Spect. 27: “pulvereā Nemeen effervere nube,” Stat. Th. 4, 664; id. S. 1, 3, 6.—
B. Hence,
1. Nĕmaeus , a, um, adj., Nemean, Hier. in Vigil. 1.—
2. Nĕmĕaeus , a, um, adj., Nemean: “rura,” Stat. Th. 3, 421: “leo,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; 4, 22, 50: “moles,” Ov. M. 9, 197: “pestis,” id. H. 9, 61: “vellus,” id. M. 9, 235: “arma,” Stat. S. 5, 2, 48; id. Th. 3, 421.—Of the constellation Leo: “monstrum,” Mart. 4, 57, 5; Luc. 1, 655. —
3. Nĕmē^us , a, um, adj., Nemean.— Subst.: Nĕmē^a , ōrum, n., = Νέμεα or Νέμεια, the Nemean games, Liv. 27, 30 sq.; 34, 41; Hyg. Fab. 273.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.197
    • Plautus, Casina, 4.1
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.295
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.235
    • Lucan, Civil War, 1.655
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 30
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 41
    • Cicero, De Fato, 4
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 2.9
    • Statius, Thebias, 3
    • Statius, Thebias, 4
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.3
    • Statius, Silvae, 5.2
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