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Nemea2

Nemea2 · f

a city in Argolis, near which Hercules slew the Nemean lion and founded the Nemean games

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
De Fato 1 · 2.02/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 3 · 1.73/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 34 2 · 1.33/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 1 · 0.87/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Thebais 5 · 0.8/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. Nĕmĕa — Lewis & Short

Nĕmĕa, ae, and Nĕmĕē, ēs, f., = *neme/h,

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. —

3 Nĕmē^us, a, um, adj., Nemean.— Subst.: Nĕmē^a, ōrum, n., = *ne/mea or *ne/meia, the Nemean games, Liv. 27, 30 sq.; 34, 41; Hyg. Fab. 273.

2. Nemĕa — Lewis & Short

Nemĕa, ae, m.,

I a river flowing between the territories of Corinth and Sicyon, Liv. 33, 15.† † nēmen, ĭnis, n., = nh=ma, a yarn, thread: trino de nemine fati, Inscr. Grut. 690, 5; cf. nema.

In the wild

Nemea Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 1.1.118
Nemeae Seneca, Hercules 1
Nemeae Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 7.183
Nemean Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.4.p2
Nemeorum Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 p63
Nemeorumque Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.27.30.9

6 of 35 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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