νέμεσις

See also: Νέμεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νέμω (némō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /né.me.sis/ → /ˈne.me.sis/ → /ˈne.me.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.me.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.me.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.me.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.me.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.me.sis/

Noun

νέμεσῐς • (némesis) f (genitive νεμέσεως); third declension

1. distribution of what is due
2. righteous assignment of anger, wrath at anything unjust, just resentment, indignation

Declension

Third declension of ἡ νέμεσῐς; τῆς νεμέσεως (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of νέμεσῐς; νεμέσῐος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	νέμεσῐς némesis
Genitive	νεμέσῐος / νεμέσηος nemésios / nemésēos
Dative	νεμέσῐῐ / νεμέσῑ / νεμέσσῑ / νεμέσηῐ̈ / νεμέσει nemésii / nemésī / neméssī / nemésēï / nemései
Accusative	νέμεσῐν némesin
Vocative	νέμεσῐ némesi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• νεμεσάω (nemesáō)
• νεμεσητός (nemesētós)
• Νέμεσις (Némesis)

Related terms

• νέμησις (némēsis)

Further reading

• “νέμεσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νέμεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νέμεσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “νέμεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νέμεσις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • nemesis idem, page 555.
  • retribution idem, page 708.