Νεμέα
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
Ion. Νεμ-έη, Ep. Νεμ-είη (Hes.Th.329, Epic.Alex.Adesp.8.1), ἡ, (νέμος)
A wooded district between Argos and Corinth, Pi.O.9.87: freq. in locative Νεμέᾳ, ib.7.82, etc.; Dor. contr. Νεμῇ SIG36 B19 (Olympia, v B.C.), etc.:—Adj. Νέμειος, α, ον, Nemean, τὸν Ν. θῆρα E.HF 153; ὁ Ζεὺς ὁ Ν. Th.3.96; Νέμεος, Theoc.25.169; τοῦ Ν. λέοντος Luc.Philops.8; Νεμειαῖος, Hes.Th.327; Νεμεαῖος, Pi.N.2.4, etc.; Νεμεᾰκός, Sch.Pi.N.1.7; Νεμεήτης Ζεύς, St. Byz.; Νεμειήτης, Max. 102, 346:—poet. fem. Adj. Νεμεάς, άδος, Pi.N.3.2:—Adv. Νεμέᾱθεν, poet. νεκῠό-ηθε, from Nemea, Call.Fr.103. II Νέμεα (sc. ἱερά), τά, the Nemean games, Pi.O.13.34, SIG82.4 (Delph., iv B.C.), IG22.365, etc.; Νέμεια, ib.12.606, 3.129, etc. III Νέμειον (sc. ἱερόν), τό, temple of Nemean Zeus, in Locris, Plu.2.162c.
