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nēma, ătis, n., = νῆμα, yarn, thread: nema Sericum, Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7; v. nemen.

Nĕmausum, i, n., and Nĕmausus, i, f., a city in Gallia Narbonensis, noted for its springs, now Nismes.

    1. 1. Form Nemausum, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 37.
    2. 2. Form Nemausus, Mel. 2, 5, 2; Aus. Clar. Urb. 14, 33; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3751; 2157.
      Hence, Nĕmausensis or Nĕmausiensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Nemausis: caseus, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240: ager, id. 9, 8, 9, § 29.
      Plur. as subst.: Nĕmausenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Nemausus, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 37; Suet. Tib. 13; Inscr. Orell. 198.

1. Nĕmĕa, ae, and Nĕmĕē, ēs, f., = Νεμέη, a city in Argolis, near which Hercules slew the Nemean lion and founded the Nemean games: nec Nemeae nec Olympiae nec usquam, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 1; Cic. Fat. 4, 7: Nemeae sub rupe, Verg. A. 8, 295: Nemee frondosa, Mart. Spect. 27: pulvereā Nemeen effervere nube, Stat. Th. 4, 664; id. S. 1, 3, 6.

  1. B. Hence,
    1. 1. Nĕmaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean, Hier. in Vigil. 1.
    2. 2. Nĕmĕaeus, a, um, adj., Nemean: rura, Stat. Th. 3, 421: leo, Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; 4, 22, 50: moles, Ov. M. 9, 197: pestis, id. H. 9, 61: vellus, id. M. 9, 235: arma, Stat. S. 5, 2, 48; id. Th. 3, 421.
      Of the constellation Leo: monstrum, Mart. 4, 57, 5; Luc. 1, 655.
    3. 3. Nĕmē̆us, a, um, adj., Nemean.
      Subst.: Nĕmē̆a, ōrum, n., = Νέμεα or Νέμεια, the Nemean games, Liv. 27, 30 sq.; 34, 41; Hyg. Fab. 273.

2. Nemĕa, ae, m., a river flowing between the territories of Corinth and Sicyon, Liv. 33, 15.‡ † nēmen, ĭnis, n., = νῆμα, a yarn, thread: trino de nemine fati, Inscr. Grut. 690, 5; cf. nema.

nĕmĕŏnīces, ae, m., the victor in the Nemean games: Nemea, Nemeonices, Not. Tir. p. 174.

Nĕmĕsa, ae, m., a river in Belgic Gaul, now the Nims, Aus. Mosell. 354.

Nĕmĕsĭăci, ōrum, m. [Nemesis], a sort of superstitious people, who practised fortune-telling, Cod. Th. 14, 7, 2.

Nĕmĕsĭānus, i, m.
M. Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus, a Roman poet, born in Carthage, who flourished in the latter part of the third century of the Christian era, Vop. Numer. 11, 2.

1. Nĕmĕsis, is and ĭos, f., = Νέμεσις, the goddess of justice, who punishes human pride and arrogance; also called Adrastea and Rhamnusia (v. h. vv.): ne poenas Nemesis reposcat a te, Cat. 50, 18: Graecam Nemesin invocantes, Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 22: post aurem Nemesios, id. 11, 45, 103, § 251.
Voc.: Nemesis, Aus. Idyll. 8, 41.
Sometimes identical with Fortuna: DEAE NEMESI SIVE FORTVNAE, Inscr. Grut. 80, 1.
Acc. to Macr. S. 1, 22, Nemesis is the Sun; acc. to Lact. 1, 21, 23, she is Leda, who was removed to heaven after her death.

2. Nĕmĕsis, is, f., a mistress of Tibullus, Tib. 2, 3, 51; 2, 4, 59; cf. 2, 5, 111; 2, 6, 27; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 31; cf. Mart. 8, 73, 7.

Nĕmestrīnus, i, m. [nemus], the god of groves, Arn. 4, 131.

Nĕmē̆tes, um, and Nĕmē̆tae, ārum, m.,

  1. I. a people of Gaul, in the neighborhood of the modern Spires, Caes. B. G. 1, 51; Tac. G. 28; id. A. 12, 27.
    Hence,
  2. II. Nĕmē̆ten-sis, e, adj., Nemetian: regio Nemetensis, Symm. Or. ad Valent. 2, 21 Mai.

Nemetocenna, ae, f., a city of Belgic Gaul, in the territory of the Atrebates, the modern Arras, Hirt. B. G. 8, 47; 52.

Nemeturĭi or Nementuri, ōrum, m.,

  1. I. a people of the Ligurian Alps, Plin. 3, 20, 24, § 137.
    Hence,
  2. II. Nemeturĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Nemeturian: pix, Col. 12, 20; 22; 24.

Nĕmē̆us, v. 1. Nemea, B. 3.

nēmō̆

    (
  1. I. o long, Hor. S. 1, 1, 1; short, Mart. 1, 40; Juv. 2, 83 al.), ĭnis (but in class. Lat. nullius is used for the gen., and nullo or nullā for the abl.; gen. neminis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 106; Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.; abl. nemine, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 89; Cic. Or. Tog. Cand. Fragm. 19, p. 242 Klotz; Tac. A. 16, 27; id. H. 2, 47; Suet. Aug. 45; 95; id. Tib. 12; 17 et saep.; dat. nemini, rare but class., Caes. B. C. 1, 85, 12; Sall. C. 13, 1; id. J. 24, 4), m. and f. [ne-homo; cf. praeda for praehenda: nemo compositum videtur ex ne et homo: quod confirmatur magis, quia in personā semper ponitur, nec pluraliter formari solet, quia intellegitur pro nullo, Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.], no man, no one, nobody: quem nemo ferro potuit superare nec auro, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 3, 3, 6 (Ann. v. 220 Vahl.): nemo me lacrimis decoret, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117 (Epigr. v. 3 ib.): quos non miseret neminis, id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll. (Trag. v. 174 ib.); so Cato ib.; Lucil. ap. Non. 143, 19; Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 106: facio pluris omnium hominum neminem, Cic. Att. 8, 2, 4; id. Fam. 6, 6, 10: amicum ex consularibus neminem tibi esse video, praeter, etc., id. ib. 1, 5, b, 2: in quo (collegio) nemo e decem sanā mente sit, id. Leg. 3, 10, 24: nemo ex tanto numero est, quin, etc., id. Font. 2, 5: nemo de iis, qui, etc., id. de Or. 1, 43, 191: omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior, quam, etc., id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107: nemine juvante, Just. 9, 1, 4: ubi nemo est, qui possit corrumpere, Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 46: nemo reperietur, qui dicat, etc., id. Font. Fragm. 2, 3; Cic. Att. 7, 3, 8.
    Nemo non, every one, everybody, all: aperte adulantem nemo non videt, nisi, etc., Cic. Lael. 26, 99: nemo Arpinas non Plancio studet, id. Planc. 9, 22; id. Fam. 4, 7, 2: nemo potest non beatissimus esse, id. Par. 2, 17.
    Non nemo, many a one, some: video de istis abesse non neminem, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 10; id. Caecin. 28, 79: quas leges ausus est non nemo improbus, id. Pis. 5, 10.
    Strengthened by a negative following: neminem deo, nec deum, nec hominem carum esse vultis, Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 121: nemo umquam neque orator, neque poëta fuit, qui, etc., id. Att. 14, 20, 2.
    As adj.: nemo homo, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 29: ut per biduum nemo hominem homo agnosceret, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, 96: ut hominem neminem pluris faciam, id. Fam. 13, 55, 1.
    Nemo unus, no one, Liv. 28, 35; 2, 6; 3, 12: nemo unus contra ire ausus est, Tac. A. 14, 45.
    Nemo quisquam, no one at all, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 2; Gell. 2, 6, 9.
    Nemo alter, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91; and nemo alius, no one else: alium enim cui illam commendem habeo neminem, Cic. Att. 11, 9, 3; id. Mil. 17, 46.
        1. b. In fem.: vicinam neminem amo magis quam te, Plaut. Casin. 2, 2, 12; Ter. And. 3, 2, 26.
    1. B. Trop., a nobody: me moverat nemo magis quam is, quem tu neminem putas, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 8.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Adj., no, not any ( = nullus): nemo civis neque hostis, Enn. ap. Sen. Ep. 18, 5 (Epigr. v. 5 Vahl.): se adhuc reperire discipulum, potuisse neminem, Cic. de Or. 1, 28, 129: vir nemo bonus ab improbo se donari vult, id. Leg. 2, 16, 41: opifex, id. N. D. 2, 32, 81; Nep. Att. 19, 3.
    2. B. Of things, for nullus (post-class.): neminem excepit diem, Prud. στεφ. 10, 744.

nĕmŏrālis, e, adj. [nemus], of or belonging to a grove or wood, woody, sylvan (poet.): templum Dianae, near Aricia, Ov. A. A. 1, 259; cf. Aricia, situated near the grove, id. F. 6, 59; Mart. 13, 19, 1: umbrae, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 5: antrum, id. M. 3, 157.

Nĕmŏrense, is, v. nemorensis, II. B.

nĕmŏrensis, e, adj. [nemus], of or belonging to a grove or wood.

  1. I. In gen. mel, Col. 9, 4, 7.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. Of or belonging to the grove of Diana, near Aricia, Prop. 3 (4), 22, 25; cf. Ov. F. 3, 261, Vitr 4, 7
      Hence: rex Nemorensis, the presider over the sacrifices to Diana of Aricia, Suet. Calig 35
    2. B. Subst.: Nĕmŏrense, is, n., a villa of Cæsar, near the Arician grove, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25, in Nemorensi, Suet. Caes. 46; cf. nemus I. B.

* nĕmŏrĭcultrix, īcis, f. [nemus-cultrix], she that dwells in the woods: sus. Phaedr. 2, 4, 3.

* nĕmŏrĭvăgus, a, um, adj. [nemusvagus], that wanders in the woods: aper, Cat. 63, 72.

nĕmŏrōsus, a, um, adj. [nemus],

  1. I. full of woods, woody (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Zacynthos, Verg. A. 3, 270 (cf. ὑλήεσσα Ζάκυνθος, Hom. Il. 9, 24): canes nemorosis montibus errant, Ov. A. A. 3, 427; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 2: juga, Juv. 3, 191: convallis, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30: hospitium, id. 35, 11, 38, § 121.
  2. II. Transf., full of foliage, bushy, shady: cupressus nemorosā vertice, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9: silvae, Ov. M. 10, 687: nemorosi saxa Palati, id. F. 4, 815: bracchia, Sil. 13, 595: frondibus nemorosus, Vulg. Ezek. 31, 3.

Nemossus, i, f., a city of Aquitanian Gaul, the capital of the Arverni, now Clermont, Luc. 1, 419.

nempe (often nĕmpĕ in Plaut., e. g. Mil. 906, 922; Trin. 328, 427, etc.; cf. Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 77), conj. [nam and enclitic pe; cf.: prope, quippe, quis-p-iam, etc.].

  1. I. Prop., in strengthening or confirming an assertion, as that which cannot be disputed, indeed, certainly, without doubt, to be sure, assuredly (cf.: nimirum, scilicet).
      1. 1. In laying down a premise or conclusion: non istam dicit voluptatem. Dicat quamlubet: nempe eam dicit, in quā virtutis nulla pars insit, he certainly does speak of that, etc., Cic. Tusc. 3, 20, 49: nempe incomposito dixi pede currere versus Lucili, Hor. S. 1, 10, 1: nempe enim duo genera materiarum apud rhetores tractantur, Tac. Dial. 35; Lucr. 1, 385; Cic. Fl. 37, 91; id. Fin. 4, 15, 41: sinecesse est, nempe sequitur ut, etc., Quint. 3, 8, 23.
      2. 2. (Esp. in colloq. lang.) In summing up or explaining another’s meaning, no doubt, certainly, I am sure: nempe illum dicis cum armis aureis, you doubtless mean, etc., Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 16: nempe huic dimidium dicis, dimidium domi? St. Nempe sicut dicis, id. Aul. 2, 4, 14; id. Curc. 1, 1, 41.
      3. 3. In stating a notorious or obvious fact or truth, certainly, of course, beyond question: nempe ego mille meo protexi pectore puppes, i. e. as everybody knows, Ov. M. 13, 93: nempe tulit fastus (Medea), ausa rogare prior, Prop. 5, 5, 42; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 22: pater est mihi nempe biformis, Ov. M. 2, 663; Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 26.
  2. II. Transf.
      1. 1. In questions, to ask a more precise or emphatic statement of something already said (cf. I. 2. supra): Quid ais? Nempe tu illius servos es? Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 73: nempe hic tuus est? really? id. Rud. 4, 4, 13: St. Vivunt, valent. Ch. Nempe uterque? do you mean? id. Trin. 4, 3, 67: nempe negas ad beate vivendum satis posse virtutem? Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 12; id. Brut. 3, 14.
      2. 2. In replies, certainly, obviously, of course, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 26: Pompeii tertius consulatus in quibus actis constitit? Nempe in legibus, Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 18: in quā (urbe) tandem hoc disputant? Nempe in , etc., id. Mil. 3, 7; Quint. 10, 2, 4; 12, 2, 16; Pers. 2, 70.
      3. 3. Ironically, forsooth, namely, to be sure: respice oh mi lepos! Cl. Nempe ita uti tu mihi es, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 18: at avus nobilis. Tuditanus nempe ille, etc., Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16: dat mihi filiam suam; nempe quam alicui servorum ejus nupturam, Curt. 4, 11, 20; Tib. 2, 3, 28.

nĕmus, ŏris, n. [root nem-, distribute; Gr. νέμω, νομός; cf. νέμος, pasturage, and Lat. Numa, numerus], = νέμος, a wood with open glades and meadows for cattle, a wood with much pasture-land, a grove; poet., a wood in gen. (cf.: saltus, silva, lucus).

  1. I. Lit.: cras foliis nemus Multis tempestas Sternet, Hor. C. 3, 17, 9: multos nemora silvaeque commovent, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.): montium custos nemorumque (Diana), Hor. C. 3, 22, 1: gelidum, id. ib. 1, 1, 30: nemorum saltus, Verg. E. 6, 56: nemus arboribus densum, Ov. F. 6, 9: nemorum avia, id. M. 1, 479: nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos, Tib. 3, 3, 15: sacri fontis nemus, Juv. 3, 17.
    1. B. In partic., a heath or grove consecrated to a divinity: Angitiae nemus, Verg. A. 7, 759.
      Also alone: Nĕmus, the sacred grove of Diana at Aricia, where Cæsar had a villa, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5; cf.: tabulam pictam in nemore Dianae posuit, Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; v. nemorensis, II. B.
  2. II. Poet. transf., a tree: nemora alta, Luc. 1, 453; Mart. 9, 62, 9; cf. Verg. G. 2, 401.
    Also, wood: strictum acervans nemore congesto aggerem, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.

nemut: nisi etiam vel nempe, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 162 Müll.