νέμω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *némō, from Proto-Indo-European *ném-e-ti (“to assign, allot; take”). Cognate with English numb, Dutch nemen, German nehmen, and Albanian njeh (“count”), nëmë (“curse”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /né.mɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈne.mo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈne.mo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈne.mo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈne.mo/
Verb
[edit]νέμω • (némō)
- to deal out, distribute, dispense, to count, to divide by number
- (medial) hold, possess, enjoy
- (of herdsmen), to pasture or graze their flocks, drive to pasture, tend
Conjugation
[edit] Present: νέμω, νέμομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | νέμω | νέμεις | νέμει | νέμετον | νέμετον | νέμομεν | νέμετε | νέμουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | νέμω | νέμῃς | νέμῃ | νέμητον | νέμητον | νέμωμεν | νέμητε | νέμωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | νέμοιμῐ | νέμοις | νέμοι | νέμοιτον | νεμοίτην | νέμοιμεν | νέμοιτε | νέμοιεν | |||||
| imperative | νέμε | νεμέτω | νέμετον | νεμέτων | νέμετε | νεμόντων | |||||||
| middle/ |
indicative | νέμομαι | νέμῃ, νέμει |
νέμεται | νέμεσθον | νέμεσθον | νεμόμεθᾰ | νέμεσθε | νέμονται | ||||
| subjunctive | νέμωμαι | νέμῃ | νέμηται | νέμησθον | νέμησθον | νεμώμεθᾰ | νέμησθε | νέμωνται | |||||
| optative | νεμοίμην | νέμοιο | νέμοιτο | νέμοισθον | νεμοίσθην | νεμοίμεθᾰ | νέμοισθε | νέμοιντο | |||||
| imperative | νέμου | νεμέσθω | νέμεσθον | νεμέσθων | νέμεσθε | νεμέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/ | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | νέμειν | νέμεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | νέμων | νεμόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | νέμουσᾰ | νεμομένη | |||||||||||
| n | νέμον | νεμόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔνεμον | ἔνεμες | ἔνεμε(ν) | ἐνέμετον | ἐνεμέτην | ἐνέμομεν | ἐνέμετε | ἔνεμον | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | ἐνεμόμην | ἐνέμου | ἐνέμετο | ἐνέμεσθον | ἐνεμέσθην | ἐνεμόμεθᾰ | ἐνέμεσθε | ἐνέμοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | νεμέω | νεμέεις | νεμέει | νεμέετον | νεμέετον | νεμέομεν | νεμέετε | νεμέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | νεμέοιμῐ | νεμέοις | νεμέοι | νεμέοιτον | νεμεοίτην | νεμέοιμεν | νεμέοιτε | νεμέοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | νεμέομαι | νεμέῃ, νεμέει |
νεμέεται | νεμέεσθον | νεμέεσθον | νεμεόμεθᾰ | νεμέεσθε | νεμέονται | ||||
| optative | νεμεοίμην | νεμέοιο | νεμέοιτο | νεμέοισθον | νεμεοίσθην | νεμεοίμεθᾰ | νεμέοισθε | νεμέοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | νεμέειν | νεμέεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | νεμέων | νεμεόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | νεμέουσᾰ | νεμεομένη | |||||||||||
| n | νεμέον | νεμεόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | νεμῶ | νεμεῖς | νεμεῖ | νεμεῖτον | νεμεῖτον | νεμοῦμεν | νεμεῖτε | νεμοῦσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | νεμοίην, νεμοῖμῐ |
νεμοίης, νεμοῖς |
νεμοίη, νεμοῖ |
νεμοῖτον, νεμοίητον |
νεμοίτην, νεμοιήτην |
νεμοῖμεν, νεμοίημεν |
νεμοῖτε, νεμοίητε |
νεμοῖεν, νεμοίησᾰν | |||||
| middle | indicative | νεμοῦμαι | νεμεῖ, νεμῇ |
νεμεῖται | νεμεῖσθον | νεμεῖσθον | νεμούμεθᾰ | νεμεῖσθε | νεμοῦνται | ||||
| optative | νεμοίμην | νεμοῖο | νεμοῖτο | νεμοῖσθον | νεμοίσθην | νεμοίμεθᾰ | νεμοῖσθε | νεμοῖντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | νεμεῖν | νεμεῖσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | νεμῶν | νεμούμενος | ||||||||||
| f | νεμοῦσᾰ | νεμουμένη | |||||||||||
| n | νεμοῦν | νεμούμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | νεῖμᾰ | νεῖμᾰς | νεῖμε(ν) | νείμᾰτον | νειμᾰ́την | νείμᾰμεν | νείμᾰτε | νεῖμᾰν | ||||
| middle | indicative | νειμᾰ́μην | νείμᾰο | νείμᾰτο | νείμᾰσθον | νειμᾰ́σθην | νειμᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | νείμᾰσθε | νείμᾰντο | ||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀμφινέμομαι (amphinémomai)
- κληρονόμος (klēronómos)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “νέμω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1006-7
Further reading
[edit]- “νέμω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νέμω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νέμω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νέμω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νέμω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “νέμω”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- νέμω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem- (distribute)
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem-
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek verbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms