Nemee

See also: nemea

Latin

Alternative forms

• Nemea

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νεμέα (Neméa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈne.me.eː/, [ˈnɛmeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.me.e/, [ˈnɛːmeː]

Proper noun

Nemeē f sg (genitive Nemeēs); first declension

1. Alternative form of Nemea, a valley situated near Cleonae in southern Greece, where Hercules slew the Nemean Lion

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nemeē
Genitive	Nemeēs
Dative	Nemeae
Accusative	Nemeēn
Ablative	Nemeē
Vocative	Nemeē

Related terms

• Nemaeus

References

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