Νέμεσις
See also: νέμεσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Personification of νέμεσις (némesis, “distribution”), from νέμω (némō, “to distribute”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /né.me.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnɛ.mɛ.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈne.me.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈne.me.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈne.me.sis/
Proper noun
Νέμεσῐς • (Némesis) f (genitive Νεμέσεως); third declension
- Nemesis, goddess of retribution.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Νέμεσῐς hē Némesis | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Νεμέσεως tês Neméseōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Νεμέσει têi Nemései | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Νέμεσῐν tḕn Némesin | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Νέμεσῐ Némesi | ||||||||||||
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References
- Νέμεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɛmɛsis/
- Hyphenation: νέ‧με‧σις
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