νέμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέμω (némō), from Proto-Indo-European *némos. Cognate with Latin nemus and Sanskrit नमस् (námas).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /né.mos/ → /ˈne.mos/ → /ˈne.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.mos/

Noun

νέμος • (némos) n (genitive νέμους or νέμεος); third declension

1. wooded pasture, glade

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νέμος; τοῦ νέμους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νέμος tò némos	τὼ νέμει tṑ némei	τᾰ̀ νέμη tà némē
Genitive	τοῦ νέμους toû némous	τοῖν νεμοῖν toîn nemoîn	τῶν νεμῶν tôn nemôn
Dative	τῷ νέμει tôi némei	τοῖν νεμοῖν toîn nemoîn	τοῖς νέμεσῐ / νέμεσῐν toîs némesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ νέμος tò némos	τὼ νέμει tṑ némei	τᾰ̀ νέμη tà némē
Vocative	νέμος némos	νέμει némei	νέμη némē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Νεμέα (Neméa)

Further reading

• “νέμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νέμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νέμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νέμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νέμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963