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. —