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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.

nēmō̆

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  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.

1. nĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2, v. a. [root ne-; Gr. νέω, νήθω; cf. Sanscr. nah = nectere], to spin.

  1. I. Lit.: subtemen tenue nere, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 20; Ov. Med. Fac. 14: sic stamina nevit, id. F. 2, 771: nerunt fatales fortia fila deae, id. P. 1, 8, 64; cf.: Parcae fatalia nentes Stamina, Tib. 1, 7, 1.
  2. II. Transf., to weave; to interlace, entwine: tunicam mater quam neverat auro, Verg. A. 10, 818: hoc neverat unum mater opus, Stat. Th. 9, 691: inter se radices mutuo discursu nentur, Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.

1. no, nāvi, 1, v. n. [νέω], to swim, float.

  1. I. Lit.: alter nare cupit: alter pugnare paratu’st, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 166 Müll. (Ann. v. 258 Vahl.): pueris, qui nare discunt, scirpea induitur ratis, Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9; cf. below, Hor. S. 1, 4, 120: pinus Dicuntur liquidas Neptuni nāsse per undas, Cat. 64, 1: nat lupus, Ov. M. 1, 304: nantem delphina per undas, id. H. 19, 199: piger ad nandum, id. ib. 18, 210: ars nandi, id. Tr. 2, 486: nat tibi linter, Tib. 1, 5, 76; Luc. 8, 374.
    Prov.: nare sine cortice, to swim without corks, i. e. to be able to do without a guardian (cf. above the passage in Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 9), Hor. S. 1, 4, 120.
  2. II. Poet., transf., to sail, flow, fly, etc.: cum juventus Per medium classi barbara navit Athon, Cat. 66, 45: (undae) nantes refulgent, id. 64, 274: nare per aestatem liquidam suspexeris agmen (apium), Verg. G. 4, 59.
    Of the eyes of drunken persons, to swim: nant oculi, Lucr. 3, 480; v. nato.
    Hence, nans, antis, P. a., swimming, floating: nantes scaphae, Gell. 10, 26, 10; as subst., a swimmer; hence, nantes, ĭum, f., swimming fowls, i. e. geese, ducks, etc.: greges nantium, Col. 8, 14, 1.