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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
Némésis :
1 déesse de la pudeur;
2 déesse de la justice distributive, qui châtie l’excès du bonheur ou l’orgueil.
Étymologie: νέμω.