νέμω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[νεμῶ]] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>513</span>, ([[ἀπονέμω]]) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>65b</span>, later νεμήσω <span class="bibl">Longus 2.23</span>: aor. [[ἔνειμα]], Ep. νεῖμα <span class="bibl">Il.3.274</span>: pf. [[νενέμηκα]] (δια-) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.45</span>:—Med., [[νέμομαι]], fut. νεμοῦμαι <span class="bibl">Th.4.64</span>, <span class="bibl">D.21.203</span>; Ion. [[νεμέομαι]] (ἀνα-) <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.173</span>; later νεμήσομαι <span class="bibl">D.H.8.71</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Crass.</span>14</span>, etc.: aor. ἐνειμάμην <span class="bibl">Th.8.21</span>, etc. ([[ἐνεμησάμην]] is f.l. in <span class="bibl">Clearch.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Oss.</span>18</span> (ὑπο-)):—Pass., fut. νεμηθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Agis</span>14</span> (also [[νεμήσομαι]] in pass. sense (δια-) <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>4.3</span>): aor. ἐνεμήθην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>849c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.36.38</span> (also in med. sense (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.15.677e</span>): pf. νενέμημαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span> 144d</span>, etc. (also in med. sense, <span class="bibl">D.47.35</span>).—Hom. uses of the Act., only pres., impf., and aor.; of the Med., pres. and impf. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[deal out]], [[dispense]], freq. in Hom., especially of [[meat]] and [[drink]], <b class="b3">μοίρας, κύπελλα, κρέα, μέθυ ν</b>., <span class="bibl">Od.8.470</span>, <span class="bibl">10.357</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.9.217</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.7.179</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.10.3, al.; <b class="b3">οἱ γεωνόμοι νειμάντων τὴν γῆν</b> ib.45.7: then generally, [[distribute]], of the [[god]]s, Ζεὺς… νέμει ὄλβον… ἀνθρώποισιν <span class="bibl">Od.6.188</span>; Ζεὺς τά τε καὶ τὰ νέμει <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>5(4).52</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>5.55</span>; θεῶν τὰ ἴς α νεμόντων <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.11</span>, <span class="bibl">109</span>; Ζεὺς νέμων εἰκότως ἄδικα μὲν κακοῖς, ὅσια δ' ἐννόμοις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>403</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">[Διὶ] τὸν ὑπεραλγῆ χόλον ν</b>. [[leave]] vengeance to Zeus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>176</span> (lyr.); of men, ν. δευτερεῖά τινι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>; τρίτον μέρος τῶν σκύλων τισί <span class="bibl">Th.3.114</span>; <b class="b3">μοῖραν ν. τινί</b> [[pay]] one [[due]] [[honour]], [[respect]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>294</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">μητρὸς τιμὰς ν</b>. [[respect]] her [[privilege]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>624</span> (but <b class="b3">πρόσω ν. τιμάς</b> [[extend]] one's privileges, ib.<span class="bibl">747</span>); Λύκῳ κῆπον Εὐβοίας νέμει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>24</span>; <b class="b3">Πολυκράτης μητέρα νέμει</b> P. [[allots]] a mother (to you), [[proverb|prov.]] in <span class="bibl">Duris63</span> J.; εἰ πατρὸς νέμοι τιν' ὤραν τοῦ καλῶς πράσσειν δοκεῖν <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>57</span>; τὸ σὸν γέρας τιμὴν ἐμοὶ ν. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1062</span>; ἐκείνῳ… αἰτίαν νέμει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>28</span>; <b class="b3">ν. αἵρεσιν</b> [[give]] one a [[choice]], ib.<span class="bibl">265</span>; ναύταις οὐκέθ' ὁδὸν νέμει [[afford]]s, [[vouchsafe]]s, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>745</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὸ πιστὸν τῆς ἀληθείας ν</b>. [[observe]] it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>398</span>; τῷ… ὄχλῳ πλέον ν. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>868</span>; μήτε οἴκτῳ πλέον ν. μήτ' ἐπιεικείᾳ <span class="bibl">Th.3.48</span>; τὸ ἧσσον ἀδικίᾳ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>380</span> (lyr.); τῷ <b class="b3">φθόνῳ πλέον μέρος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">241</span>; τὸ πλεῖστον ἡμέρας τούτῳ μέρος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>183</span>; ἔλασσόν τινι <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.10</span>; χάριν τινί <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>384</span>; πενίᾳ καὶ πλούτῳ τιμὴν ν. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>696a</span>; of judges, <b class="b3">κολαστὴν… θάνατον ν</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">863a</span>; συγγνώμην τισί Gal.6.753: c. inf., νεῖμεν ἐμοὶ τέρψιν ὁμιλεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1201</span> (lyr.):—Pass., <b class="b3">νέμεται ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας</b> is freely [[bestow]]ed upon them, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.7</span>.α'; <b class="b3">κρέα νενεμημένα</b> [[portion]]s of [[meat]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.3.21</span>; <b class="b3">πλεῖστα μέρη ἡ οὐσία νενεμημένη</b> [[distributed into]]... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span> 144d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[pay out]], [[distribute]] a bandage, in Act. and Pass., <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Off.</span>8</span>,<span class="bibl">22</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fract.</span>4</span>,<span class="bibl">16</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.<span class="title">Fasc.</span>4</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[allot]], [[distribute]] in groups, πρὸς τὴν λῆξιν ἑκάστην <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>30.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">31.3</span> (Pass.); νεῖμαί τινας ἐς τὰς φυλὰς δέκαχα <span class="title">IG</span>22.1.33:—Pass., ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς ἑκάστης νενεμημέναι τριττύες τρεῖς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>8.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">63.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Med., [[distribute]] [[among]] [[themselves]]: hence, have and [[hold]] as one's [[portion]], [[possess]], πατρώϊα πάντα νέμεσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.20.336</span>: mostly of land, [[τεμένεα]], [[τέμενος]], <span class="bibl">11.185</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.12.313</span>; ἔργα <span class="bibl">2.751</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>119</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἐνειμάμην</b> (sc. [[οὐσίαν]]) <span class="bibl">Lys.16.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.46</span>; <b class="b3">τἄλλα νεμομένη</b> [[administer]]ing... <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.165</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μέταλλα, τὰ ἐμπόρια</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.7.112</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 1.100</span>; <b class="b3">[τὰ λήμματα] ἃ νέμεσθε</b> which you [[enjoy]], <span class="bibl">D.3.33</span>: abs., <b class="b3">ἔμ' οἴεσθ' ὑμῖν εἰσοίσειν ὑμᾶς δὲ νεμεῖσθαι</b>; that you [[shall reap the fruit]], <span class="bibl">Id.21.203</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[reap the fruit of]]: hence, [[dwell in]], [[inhabit]], ἄλσεα νέμεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.20.8</span>; freq. with names of places, [[spread over]], [[occupy]] a [[country]], <b class="b3">Ἰθάκην, Ὑρίην νέμεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.167</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.496</span>; ἀγρούς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.150</span>; τὸ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.19</span>, etc.; νεμόμενοι τὰ αὑτῶν… ὅσον ἀποζῆν <span class="bibl">Th.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[enjoy]], προσόδους <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>256.9</span> (ii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> of cities, to [[be situated upon]], τὸν Ἄθων <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">123</span>:— Pass., ἄχρι τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆσδε τὸ ἄστυ τῇδε νενέμηται <span class="title">IG</span>12.893; cf. νέμησις 11.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in Pi., of [[time]], [[spend]], [[pass]], [[αἰῶνα]], [[ἁμέραν]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>2.66</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>10.56</span>: abs., [[live]], ἡσυχᾷ νεμόμενος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>11.55</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> from Pi. onwards, Act. is found in sense of Med., [[hold]], [[possess]], ἕδος Ὀλύμπου ν. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>2.12</span>; ἔνδον ν. πλοῦτον κρυφαῖον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>1.67</span>; [[inhabit]], [[γῆ]]ν ν. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.191</span>; χωρίον κοινῇ ν. <span class="bibl">Th.5.42</span>; πόλιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>879</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὅτι πλείστους ν. ἄνδρας</b> to have as many [[husband]]s as possible, <span class="bibl">Str.11.13.11</span>: abs., [[hold land]], [[occupy]], [[dwell]], ν. περὶ τὴν [[λίμνη]]ν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.188</span>:—Pass., of places, to [[be inhabited]], πάντα ὑπὸ βαρβάροισι νέμεται <span class="bibl">Id.7.158</span>: abs., of a country, [[maintain itself]], [[be constituted]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.5</span>,<span class="bibl">6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[hold sway over]], [[manage]], πόλιν <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.59</span>, <span class="bibl">5.29</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς Ἀθήνας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">71</span>, etc.; λαόν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.27</span>; πάντα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>526</span> (lyr.); ἀστραπᾶν κράτη ν. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>201</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κράτη καὶ θρόνους</b> ib.<span class="bibl">237</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>1016</span>; σύνοδον <span class="title">OGI</span>50.3 (Ptolemais, iii B.C.); τὸν μέγαν Πακτωλὸν εὔχρυσον νέμεις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>393</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">οἴακα ν</b>. [[wield]], [[manage]] it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 802</span> (anap.); ἀσπίδ' εὔκυκλον ν. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>590</span>; <b class="b3">ἰσχὺν ν. ἐπὶ σκήπτροις</b> [[support]] oneself on [[stave]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>75</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ν. γλῶσσαν</b> [[use]] the [[tongue]], ib.<span class="bibl">685</span> (lyr.); ν. πόδα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.15</span>: abs., [[hold sway]], ὃς Συρακόσσαισι ν. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>3.70</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[hold]], [[consider]] as... σὲ νέμω θεόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>150</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">598</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>483</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>1331</span> (so in Pass., <b class="b3">οὐδέ μοι ἐμμελέως τὸ Πιττάκειον νέμεται</b> [[seems]] not to me fitly said, <span class="bibl">Simon.5.9</span>): in Prose, <b class="b3">προστάτην νέμειν τινά</b> [[register]] as one's patron, <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>21</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1275a12</span>; ἡγεμόνα ν. τινά <span class="bibl">Agatharch.<span class="title">Fr.Hist.</span>17J.</span>; <b class="b3">ἀθλητῶν τοὺς μὴ νενεμημένους ἢ σεσωμασκηκότας</b> [[unproved]] [[athlete]]s, <span class="bibl">Plb. 6.47.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[call over]], [[recite]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>144</span>; = [[ἀναγινώσκω]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> of herdsmen, [[pasture]], [[graze]] their [[flock]]s, [[drive]] to [[pasture]], abs., ἐπῆλθε νέμων <span class="bibl">Od.9.233</span>; <b class="b3">[χώραν] ἱκανὴν νέμειν τε καὶ ἀροῦν</b> both for [[pasture]] and [[tillage]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>373d</span>: c. acc., ὁ μὲν ἵππους νέμων, ὁ δὲ βοῦς <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.137</span>; μῆλα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>28</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κτήνη πληγῇ ν</b>. [[drive]] them [[afield]] with [[blow]]s, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>109c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Heraclit.11</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> more freq. in Med., of cattle, [[feed]], [[graze]], <span class="bibl">Il.5.777</span>, <span class="bibl">15.631</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.407</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 8.115</span>, etc.: c. acc. loci, [[range over]], ὡς λέαινα… δρύοχα νεμομένα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span> 1163</span> (lyr.); κολοιοὶ ταπεινὰ ν. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.82</span>: c. acc. cogn., [[feed on]], νέμεαι… ἄνθεα ποίης <span class="bibl">Od.9.449</span>; νομάς <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.78</span>; [[χλόη]]ν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>735</span>; τὰ λευκὰ σήσαμα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>159</span>; of men, [[eat]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>709</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., of fire, [[consume]], [[devour]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.177</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.101</span>; also τὸ [[ψεῦδος]]… νέμεται τὴν [[ψυχή]]ν Plu.2.165a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> Medic., abs., of [[ulcer]]s, [[spread]], ἐνέμετο πρόσω <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.133</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.9.5</span>; of gangrene, prob. in <span class="bibl">D.S.17.103</span>; of [[thrush]], Asclep. ap. Gal.12.995; ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ν. <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς τὸ εἴσω ν</b>. ibid.; of a [[swelling]], ὄγκος νεμόμενος <span class="bibl">Philum.<span class="title">Ven.</span>17.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc. loci, <b class="b3">ὄρη νέμειν</b> [[graze]] the [[hill]]s [with cattle], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.20</span>:—Pass., [τὸ ὄρος] νέμεται αἰξὶ καὶ βουσί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span> 4.6.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">πυρὶ νέμειν πόλιν</b> [[waste]] a [[city]] by [[fire]], [[give]] it to the [[flame]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.33</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">πυρὶ χθὼν νέμοιτο</b> were being [[devour]]ed, [[waste]]d by [[fire]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.780</span>; πυρὶ νέμεται… ἡ φάλαγξ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span> 18</span>. (Cf. OHG. neman '[[take]]', Avest. <b class="b2">nəmah-</b> '[[loan]]', Lith. nuoma '[[rent]]', '[[usury]]'.)</span>