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Nemean, a.|nɪˈmiːən, ˈniːmɪən|
Also 7 -ian, 7–9 -æan.
[f. L. Nemeæus, Nemæus, Nemē̆us, ad. Gr. νεµεαῖος, νέµειος, νέµεος, etc., f. νεµέα, the name of a wooded district near Argos in Greece.]
Of or belonging to Nemea.
1. Nemean lion, a lion said to have been killed by Hercules at Nemea.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. i. 90 Thus dost thou heare the Nemean Lion roare. 1602― Ham. i. iv. 83 As hardy as the Nemian Lions nerue. 1649Ogilby Virg. Georg. iii. (1684) 94 note, As he went to kill the Nemæan Lion. 1830Tales of Classics II. 156 Having covered the pile with the skin of the Nemæan Lion. 1845Browning Glove 164 Had our brute been Nemean [rime plebeian].
2. Nemean games or Nemean festival [Gr. νέµεα, νέµεια], one of the great Greek festivals, held at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad.
1656Blount Glossogr. 1663Butler Hud. i. i. 682 For authors do affirm it came From Isthmian or Nemæan game. 1776Burney Hist. Mus. (1789) I. iv. 396. 1844 Thirlwall Greece VIII. 277 At the Nemean festival.., being a second time General, he exhibited his phalanx. 1864Chambers's Encycl. VI. 704/2 We have eleven odes by Pindar in honour of victors in the Nemean Games. |