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Ῥαμνοῦς

*ramnous · ὁ

Rhamnus, at Rhamnus, Rhamnusian

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What it meant — LSJ

Rhamnus, at Rhamnus, Rhamnusian

Rhamnus, a deme in Attica (named from the ῥάμνοι growing in it), ἡ ἐν Ῥ. θεός, i.e. Nemesis, Paus. 1.33.2, cf. Str. 9.1.17 and 22; Ῥαμνοῦντι, not ἐν Ῥ., at Rhamnus, Lys. 19.28, etc.—Hence Ῥαμνούσιος, α, ον, Rhamnusian, Aeschin. 1.157, etc.; ἡ Ῥαμνουσία, epith. of Nemesis from her temple at Rhamnus, Hsch., etc.; also Ῥαμνουσίς, ίδος, ἡ, Call. Dian. 232; Ῥαμνουσιάς, άδος, ἡ, IG 14.1389 ii 2.

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