Νεμέα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. Νεμ-έη, Ep. Νεμ-είη (<span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>329</span>, <span class="title">Epic.Alex.Adesp.</span>8.1), ἡ, (νέμος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wooded district</b> between Argos and Corinth, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.87</span>: freq. in locative <b class="b3">Νεμέᾳ</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">7.82</span>, etc.; Dor. contr. Νεμῇ <span class="title">SIG</span>36 <span class="title">B</span>19 (Olympia, v B.C.), etc.:—Adj. Νέμειος, α, ον, [[Nemean]], τὸν Ν. θῆρα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span> 153</span>; ὁ Ζεὺς ὁ Ν. <span class="bibl">Th.3.96</span>; Νέμεος, <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.169</span>; τοῦ Ν. λέοντος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Philops.</span>8</span>; Νεμειαῖος, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>327</span>; Νεμεαῖος, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>2.4</span>, etc.; Νεμεᾰκός, Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.7</span>; Νεμεήτης <b class="b3">Ζεύς</b>, St. Byz.; Νεμειήτης, <span class="bibl">Max. 102</span>, <span class="bibl">346</span>:—poet. fem. Adj. Νεμεάς, άδος, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.2</span>:—Adv. Νεμέᾱθεν, poet. νεκῠό-ηθε, <b class="b2">from Nemea</b>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>103</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Νέμεα (sc. <b class="b3">ἱερά</b>), τά, <b class="b2">the Nemean games</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.34</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>82.4 (Delph., iv B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>22.365, etc.; Νέμεια, ib.12.606, 3.129, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Νέμειον (sc. <b class="b3">ἱερόν</b>), τό, <b class="b2">temple of Nemean Zeus</b>, in Locris, Plu.2.162c.</span>