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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νεμέα (Neméa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nemeē f sg (genitive Nemeēs); first declension
- 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.
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