νέμω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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

Conjugation

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References

  • 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
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