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Gloss
feel just resentment, to be wroth at undeserved good
νεμεσάω, used by Hom. and Hes. in contr. formsνεμεσῶ, -ῶσι(v. infr.); Ep.
3 sg.
A.
νεμεσσᾷ
Hes. Op. 756
; imper. νεμέσσα
Od. 23.213
:impf.
ἐνεμέσων
Plu. Sull. 6
; Ep.
ἐνεμέσσα
Il. 13.16
, Ep.
3 sg.
νεμέσασκε
11.543
(as cited by Arist. Rh. 1387a35 ):fut.
Browse lexicon entries, etc.:—feel just resentment, to be wroth at undeserved goodorbad fortune(cf.νέμεσις) freq. of the gods, νεμέσησε δὲ πότνια Ἥρη
, etc., cf. Arist. Rh. 1386b16 ; also of men, sts. abs., μὴ νεμέσα
;τὸ νεμεσᾶν,opp.τὸ φθονεῖν,
Cic. Att. 5.19.3 ;ν. τινί to be wroth witha person orata thing, Il. 24.53 , etc.: rarely in Prose, Pl. Lg. 927c , D. 20.161 : c.part.,οὐ νεμεσῶ Ἀγαμέμνονι . . ὀτρύνοντιif he incites, ll. 4.413 ;νεμεσᾷ ὁ θεός, ὅταν. . Pl. Min. 319a : c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, μὴ νῦν μοι τόδε χώεο μηδὲ νεμέσσα
, cf. Hes. Op. 756 , Arist. Rh. 1384b4 ;ν. ἐπί τινιib. 1387a6 , Onos. 4.2 : c. dat. pers. et gen. rei, Luc. Scyth. 9 , Porph. Abst. 2.7 :— Pass. ,ἐνεμεσήθη(sc. by the gods) Plu. Cat.Mi. 38 .
τὰς εὐπραγίας ἡ τύχη τισὶ ἐνεμέσησε
:— Pass. ,εἰ νεμεσηθείην τῆς ἐπιβολῆςib. 6.1.6 .
Med. and Pass. , prop.to be displeased with oneself,
νεμεσσᾶται δ' ἐνὶ θυμῷ . . ἐπες βολίας ἀναφαίνειν is indignant, ashamed at the thought of . . , rejects it as unseemly,
νεμεσσήθητε καὶ αὐτοί, ἄλλους τ' αἰδέσθητε
; πᾶσιν δὲ νεμεσσηθεῖσα μετηύδα
Med. in act. sense, freq. in Hom. , c. dat. pers., εἴ πέρ μοι νεμεσήσεαι
, cf. 129 : c.part., νεμεσσήσαιτό κεν . . ὁρόων
: c.inf., νεμεσσῶμαί γε μὲν οὐδὲν κλαίειν
: c. acc. etinf., οὔ σε νεμεσσῶμαι κεχολῶσθαι
: c. acc. rei,νεμεσσᾶται κακὰ ἔργα is wroth atevil deeds, 14.284 .—Poet. Verb, never in Trag., rare in good Prose (v. supr.).
References
- Hes. Op. 756
- Od. 23.213
- Plu. Sull. 6
- Il. 13.16
- 11.543
- Arist. Rh. 1387a35
- Arist.
- 12
- D. 45.71
- Od. 21.285
- Pi. I. 1.3
- Il. 13.119
- 10.129
- Od. 1.228
- 1.119
- Il. 2.223
- Il. 8.198
- Hes. Op. 741
- Arist. Rh. 1386b16
- Il. 10.145
- Cic. Att. 5.19.3
- Il. 24.53
- Pl. Lg. 927c
- D. 20.161
- 4.413
- Pl. Min. 319a
- Arist. Rh. 1384b4
- 1387a6
- J. BJ 1.22.1
- 6.1.6
- Od. 4.158
- 2.64
- Il. 16.544
- 15.103
- Hom.
- Il. 10.115
- 129
- 4.195
- 18.227
- 14.284