νέμω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *némō, from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to assign, allot; take”). Cognate with English numb, Dutch nemen, German nehmen, and Albanian njeh (“count”), nëmë (“curse”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /né.mɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈne.mo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈne.mo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈne.mo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈne.mo/
Verb
[edit]νέμω • (némō)
- to deal out, distribute, dispense, to count, to divide by number
- (of herdsmen), to pasture or graze their flocks, drive to pasture, tend
Conjugation
[edit] Present: νέμω, νέμομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | νέμω | νέμεις | νέμει | νέμετον | νέμετον | νέμομεν | νέμετε | νέμουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | νέμω | νέμῃς | νέμῃ | νέμητον | νέμητον | νέμωμεν | νέμητε | νέμωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | νέμοιμῐ | νέμοις | νέμοι | νέμοιτον | νεμοίτην | νέμοιμεν | νέμοιτε | νέμοιεν | |||||
imperative | νέμε | νεμέτω | νέμετον | νεμέτων | νέμετε | νεμόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | νέμομαι | νέμῃ, νέμει |
νέμεται | νέμεσθον | νέμεσθον | νεμόμεθᾰ | νέμεσθε | νέμονται | ||||
subjunctive | νέμωμαι | νέμῃ | νέμηται | νέμησθον | νέμησθον | νεμώμεθᾰ | νέμησθε | νέμωνται | |||||
optative | νεμοίμην | νέμοιο | νέμοιτο | νέμοισθον | νεμοίσθην | νεμοίμεθᾰ | νέμοισθε | νέμοιντο | |||||
imperative | νέμου | νεμέσθω | νέμεσθον | νεμέσθων | νέμεσθε | νεμέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | νέμειν | νέμεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | νέμων | νεμόμενος | ||||||||||
f | νέμουσᾰ | νεμομένη | |||||||||||
n | νέμον | νεμόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔνεμον | ἔνεμες | ἔνεμε(ν) | ἐνέμετον | ἐνεμέτην | ἐνέμομεν | ἐνέμετε | ἔνεμον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐνεμόμην | ἐνέμου | ἐνέμετο | ἐνέμεσθον | ἐνεμέσθην | ἐνεμόμεθᾰ | ἐνέμεσθε | ἐνέμοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | νεμέω | νεμέεις | νεμέει | νεμέετον | νεμέετον | νεμέομεν | νεμέετε | νεμέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | νεμέοιμῐ | νεμέοις | νεμέοι | νεμέοιτον | νεμεοίτην | νεμέοιμεν | νεμέοιτε | νεμέοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | νεμέομαι | νεμέῃ, νεμέει |
νεμέεται | νεμέεσθον | νεμέεσθον | νεμεόμεθᾰ | νεμέεσθε | νεμέονται | ||||
optative | νεμεοίμην | νεμέοιο | νεμέοιτο | νεμέοισθον | νεμεοίσθην | νεμεοίμεθᾰ | νεμέοισθε | νεμέοιντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | νεμέειν | νεμέεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | νεμέων | νεμεόμενος | ||||||||||
f | νεμέουσᾰ | νεμεομένη | |||||||||||
n | νεμέον | νεμεόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | νεμῶ | νεμεῖς | νεμεῖ | νεμεῖτον | νεμεῖτον | νεμοῦμεν | νεμεῖτε | νεμοῦσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | νεμοίην, νεμοῖμῐ |
νεμοίης, νεμοῖς |
νεμοίη, νεμοῖ |
νεμοῖτον, νεμοίητον |
νεμοίτην, νεμοιήτην |
νεμοῖμεν, νεμοίημεν |
νεμοῖτε, νεμοίητε |
νεμοῖεν, νεμοίησᾰν | |||||
middle | indicative | νεμοῦμαι | νεμῇ | νεμεῖται | νεμεῖσθον | νεμεῖσθον | νεμούμεθᾰ | νεμεῖσθε | νεμοῦνται | ||||
optative | νεμοίμην | νεμοῖο | νεμοῖτο | νεμοῖσθον | νεμοίσθην | νεμοίμεθᾰ | νεμοῖσθε | νεμοῖντο | |||||
active | middle | ||||||||||||
infinitive | νεμεῖν | νεμεῖσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | νεμῶν | νεμούμενος | ||||||||||
f | νεμοῦσᾰ | νεμουμένη | |||||||||||
n | νεμοῦν | νεμούμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | νεῖμᾰ | νεῖμᾰς | νεῖμε(ν) | νείμᾰτον | νειμᾰ́την | νείμᾰμεν | νείμᾰτε | νεῖμᾰν | ||||
middle | indicative | νειμᾰ́μην | νείμᾰο | νείμᾰτο | νείμᾰσθον | νειμᾰ́σθην | νειμᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | νείμᾰσθε | νείμᾰντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀμφινέμομαι (amphinémomai)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νέμω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1006-7
Further reading
[edit]- “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
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem-
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek verbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms