νέμω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *némō, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (to assign, allot; take). Cognate with English numb, Dutch nemen, German nehmen, and Albanian njeh (count), nëmë (curse).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

νέμω (némō)

  1. to deal out, distribute, dispense, to count, to divide by number
  2. (of herdsmen), to pasture or graze their flocks, drive to pasture, tend

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νέμω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1006-7

Further reading

  • νέμω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • νέμω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • νέμω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νέμω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • νέμω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • νέμω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter