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νεμεσάω

nemesao

feel just resentment, to be wroth at undeserved good

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νεμεσάω · nemesaō — LSJ

feel just resentment, to be wroth at undeserved good, bad fortune, to be wroth with, at

feel just resentment, to be wroth at undeserved good or bad fortune (cf. νέμεσις) freq. of the gods, νεμέσησε δὲ πότνια Ἥρη Il. 8.198; τῷ δὲ θεοὶ νεμεσῶσι Hes. Op. 741, etc., cf. Arist. Rh. 1386b16; also of men, sts. abs., μὴ νεμέσα Il. 10.145; τὸ νεμεσᾶν, opp. τὸ φθονεῖν, Cic. Att. 5.19.3; ν. τινί to be wroth with a person or at a thing, Il. 24.53, etc.: rarely in Prose, Pl. Lg. 927c, D. 20.161: c. part., οὐ νεμεσῶ Ἀγαμέμνονι . . ὀτρύνοντι if he incites, Il. 4.413; νεμεσᾷ ὁ θεός, ὅταν . . Pl. M

2 grudge

grudge, τὰς εὐπραγίας ἡ τύχη τισὶ ἐνεμέσησε J. BJ 1.22.1:—Pass., εἰ νεμεσηθείην τῆς ἐπιβολῆς ib. 6.1.6.

II to be displeased with oneself, is indignant, ashamed at the thought of . . , rejects it as unseemly, feel shame

Med. and Pass., prop. to be displeased with oneself, νεμεσσᾶται δʼ ἐνὶ θυμῷ . . ἐπεσβολίας ἀναφαίνειν is indignant, ashamed at the thought of . . , rejects it as unseemly, Od. 4.158; feel shame, νεμεσσήθητε καὶ αὐτοί, ἄλλους τʼ αἰδέσθητε 2.64; νεμεσσήθητε δὲ θυμῷ Il. 16.544; πᾶσιν δὲ νεμεσσηθεῖσα μετηύδα 15.103.

2 is wroth at

Med. in act. sense, freq. in Hom., c. dat. pers., εἴ πέρ μοι νεμεσήσεαι Il. 10.115, cf. 129: c. part., νεμεσσήσαιτό κεν . . ὁρόων Od. 1.228: c. inf., νεμεσσῶμαί γε μὲν οὐδὲν κλαίειν 4.195: c. acc. et inf., οὔ σε νεμεσσῶμαι κεχολῶσθαι 18.227: c. acc. rei, νεμεσσᾶται κακὰ ἔργα is wroth at evil deeds, 14.284.—Poet. Verb, never in Trag., rare in good Prose (v. supr.).

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