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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.