Nemea

See also: nemea

Latin

Alternative forms

• Nemeē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νεμέα (Neméa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈne.me.a/, [ˈnɛmeä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.me.a/, [ˈnɛːmeä]

Proper noun

Nemea f sg (genitive Nemeae); first declension

1. A valley situated near Cleonae in southern Greece, where Hercules slew the Nemean Lion

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nemea
Genitive	Nemeae
Dative	Nemeae
Accusative	Nemeam
Ablative	Nemeā
Vocative	Nemea

Related terms

• Nemaeus

References

• “Nemea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nemea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Nemea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly