Nemeanadj.

Brit.

/nᵻˈmiːən/,

/ˈniːmɪən/, U.S.

/ˈnimiən/,

/nəˈmiən/

Forms: 1500s– Nemean, 1600s Nemeon, 1600s Nemian, 1600s–1800s Nemaean, 1900s– Nemoean. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Nemeaeus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Nemeaeus of or belonging to Nemea, Nemean (in post-classical Latin also Nemaeus (early 5th cent.); < ancient Greek Νεμεαῖος (also Νέμειος , Νέμεος ) < Νεμέα (classical Latin Nemea ), the name of a wooded district near Argos in Greece ( < νέμος wood, cognate with classical Latin nemus : see nemoral adj.) + -ιος, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix.With Nemean lion compare classical Latin leō Nemeaeus , Hellenistic Greek Νέμεος λέων . In sense 1 after ancient Greek Νέμεα, Νέμεια (classical Latin Nemea) the Nemean games, use as noun (short for Νέμεα ἱερά) of neuter plural of Νέμεος.

1. Greek History. Designating one of the national festivals of ancient Greece, held at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad. Usually as Nemean games, Nemean festival.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > celebratory games > specific ancient Greek

Nemean games1559

Panathenaea1578

Pythian games1579

Olympian Gamesa1586

Olympic Games1597

Isthmian games1603

Pythic games1603

Panathenaics1678

Nemean festival1844

society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > in ancient world > specific

Olympiada1456

Nemean games1559

Panathenaea1578

Pythian games1579

Olympian Gamesa1586

Olympic Games1597

Isthmian games1603

Pythic games1603

Capitoline games1609

Olympics1621

Panathenaics1678

Nemean festival1844

1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale v. viii. f. 101^v The Grecians also, as Strabo writeth, solempnelie kept the Nemeane games, in the honour of Hercules, whiche slue a wilde Lion in a chace of that name.

1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals sig. Zzzzz5^v/2 Feasts, games, faires..exhibited, before the generall assembly of a whole nation: such as were the Olympicke, Pythicke, Isthmicke, and Nemian games in Greece.

1610 J. Selden Duello iii. 7 The old Grecians had their Olympian games..celebrated euery forth yeare; their Pythian from Apollo..their Nemean dedicated to Archemorus.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 52 For Authors do affirm it came From Isthmian or Nemean game.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 398 The four great festivals, of the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 277 At the Nemean festival.., being a second time General, he exhibited his phalanx.

1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 704/2 We have eleven odes by Pindar in honour of victors in the Nemean Games.

1896 Oracle Encycl. IV. 284/2 The judges in the Nemean games were dressed in black robes.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 215/1 Adrastus..marched against the city of Thebes, and on his way is said to have founded the Nemean games.

1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 440 The victory of Queen Berenice at the Nemean games.

2018 J. J. Bravo Excavations at Nemea IV iii. 133/1 The fusion of the symbolism of the Nemean Games (the celery wreath) with the iconography of Herakles and the Nemean lion on these coins symbolizes the ties between Kleonai and the Games.

2. Of or belonging to Nemea; spec. (in Classical Mythology) designating a monstrous lion said to have terrorized the Nemean region until killed by Hercules as the first of his twelve labours.

ΚΠ

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis ix. f. 113^v The Nemean Lyon by theis armes lyes dead uppon the ground.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 87 Thus dost thou heare the nemean Lion roare.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 60 As hardy as the Nemeon [1623 Nemian] Lyons nerue.

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G His maw vnstaunch't, He still the thicke Nemean groues doth stray.

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G^v Thus the Nemean terror naked lyes, Despoyl'd of his inuinced coat of Armes.

1767 F. Fawkes in tr. Theocritus Idylliums xxv. 236 The prince admiring the monstrous lion's skin which Hercules wore, takes occasion to enquire where he had it; this introduces an account how Hercules slew the Nemean lion.

1781 J. Delap Royal Suppliants iii. 35 The cloud-begotten Centaurs fell; The Nemean lion, and fierce Typhon's son.

1830 Tales of Classics II. 156 Having covered the pile with the skin of the Nemæan Lion.

1845 R. Browning Glove in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 164 Had our brute been Nemean [rhyme plebeian].

1896 Oracle Encycl. IV. 284/2 Other legends ascribe the institution of the Nemean games to the Greek Hercules after he had slain the Nemean lion.

1932 R. Fry Let. 4 May (1972) II. 671 The vineyards or perhaps the station are where Hercules killed the Nemoean lion.

1991 G. Webster Archaeologist at Large (BNC) 144 He carried the skin and mask of the Nemean lion, the victim of his first Parerga.

2018 J. J. Bravo Excavations at Nemea IV iii. 130/1 The tale of Herakles and the Nemean lion radiates throughout antiquity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nemean
释义	Nemeanadj. Brit. /nᵻˈmiːən/, /ˈniːmɪən/, U.S. /ˈnimiən/, /nəˈmiən/ Forms: 1500s– Nemean, 1600s Nemeon, 1600s Nemian, 1600s–1800s Nemaean, 1900s– Nemoean. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Nemeaeus , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Nemeaeus of or belonging to Nemea, Nemean (in post-classical Latin also Nemaeus (early 5th cent.); < ancient Greek Νεμεαῖος (also Νέμειος , Νέμεος ) < Νεμέα (classical Latin Nemea ), the name of a wooded district near Argos in Greece ( < νέμος wood, cognate with classical Latin nemus : see nemoral adj.) + -ιος, suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix.With Nemean lion compare classical Latin leō Nemeaeus , Hellenistic Greek Νέμεος λέων . In sense 1 after ancient Greek Νέμεα, Νέμεια (classical Latin Nemea) the Nemean games, use as noun (short for Νέμεα ἱερά) of neuter plural of Νέμεος. 1. Greek History. Designating one of the national festivals of ancient Greece, held at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad. Usually as Nemean games, Nemean festival. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > celebratory games > specific ancient Greek Nemean games1559 Panathenaea1578 Pythian games1579 Olympian Gamesa1586 Olympic Games1597 Isthmian games1603 Pythic games1603 Panathenaics1678 Nemean festival1844 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > in ancient world > specific Olympiada1456 Nemean games1559 Panathenaea1578 Pythian games1579 Olympian Gamesa1586 Olympic Games1597 Isthmian games1603 Pythic games1603 Capitoline games1609 Olympics1621 Panathenaics1678 Nemean festival1844 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale v. viii. f. 101^v The Grecians also, as Strabo writeth, solempnelie kept the Nemeane games, in the honour of Hercules, whiche slue a wilde Lion in a chace of that name. 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals sig. Zzzzz5^v/2 Feasts, games, faires..exhibited, before the generall assembly of a whole nation: such as were the Olympicke, Pythicke, Isthmicke, and Nemian games in Greece. 1610 J. Selden Duello iii. 7 The old Grecians had their Olympian games..celebrated euery forth yeare; their Pythian from Apollo..their Nemean dedicated to Archemorus. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 52 For Authors do affirm it came From Isthmian or Nemean game. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 398 The four great festivals, of the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 277 At the Nemean festival.., being a second time General, he exhibited his phalanx. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 704/2 We have eleven odes by Pindar in honour of victors in the Nemean Games. 1896 Oracle Encycl. IV. 284/2 The judges in the Nemean games were dressed in black robes. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 215/1 Adrastus..marched against the city of Thebes, and on his way is said to have founded the Nemean games. 1991 Classical Q. New Ser. 41 440 The victory of Queen Berenice at the Nemean games. 2018 J. J. Bravo Excavations at Nemea IV iii. 133/1 The fusion of the symbolism of the Nemean Games (the celery wreath) with the iconography of Herakles and the Nemean lion on these coins symbolizes the ties between Kleonai and the Games. 2. Of or belonging to Nemea; spec. (in Classical Mythology) designating a monstrous lion said to have terrorized the Nemean region until killed by Hercules as the first of his twelve labours. ΚΠ 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis ix. f. 113^v The Nemean Lyon by theis armes lyes dead uppon the ground. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 87 Thus dost thou heare the nemean Lion roare. View more context for this quotation 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 60 As hardy as the Nemeon [1623 Nemian] Lyons nerue. 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G His maw vnstaunch't, He still the thicke Nemean groues doth stray. 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G^v Thus the Nemean terror naked lyes, Despoyl'd of his inuinced coat of Armes. 1767 F. Fawkes in tr. Theocritus Idylliums xxv. 236 The prince admiring the monstrous lion's skin which Hercules wore, takes occasion to enquire where he had it; this introduces an account how Hercules slew the Nemean lion. 1781 J. Delap Royal Suppliants iii. 35 The cloud-begotten Centaurs fell; The Nemean lion, and fierce Typhon's son. 1830 Tales of Classics II. 156 Having covered the pile with the skin of the Nemæan Lion. 1845 R. Browning Glove in Bells & Pomegranates No. VII: Dramatic Romances & Lyrics 164 Had our brute been Nemean [rhyme plebeian]. 1896 Oracle Encycl. IV. 284/2 Other legends ascribe the institution of the Nemean games to the Greek Hercules after he had slain the Nemean lion. 1932 R. Fry Let. 4 May (1972) II. 671 The vineyards or perhaps the station are where Hercules killed the Nemoean lion. 1991 G. Webster Archaeologist at Large (BNC) 144 He carried the skin and mask of the Nemean lion, the victim of his first Parerga. 2018 J. J. Bravo Excavations at Nemea IV iii. 130/1 The tale of Herakles and the Nemean lion radiates throughout antiquity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1559
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