1. νέμεσις · nemesis — Beekes
righteous anger, retribution
The corpus record
νέμεσις
nemesis
righteous anger, retribution
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Distribution
- Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
- Eudemian Ethics 3 · 1.15/10k
- Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
- Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
- Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k
- Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
- Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
2. νέμεσις · nemesis — Frisk
gerechter Unwille, Zorn, Vergeltung
3. νέμεσις · nemesis — Frisk
Fluch
4. νέμεσις · nemesis — LSJ
distribution of what is due
5. νέμ-ησις · nem-ēsis — LSJ
distribution
Attestations
- νέμεσις · nemesis Iliad 3.156
- νεμέσσι · nemessi Iliad 6.335
- νέμεσίν · nemesin Iliad 6.351
- νέμεσιν · nemesin Iliad 13.122
- νέμεσις · nemesis Iliad 14.80
- νέμεσις · nemesis Odyssey 1.350
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- scan pp. 1056-1057; entry #4301
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- scan p. 1273; entry #4061 Review: Under source audit
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