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νεμεσάω

nemesao

feel just resentment, to be wroth at undeserved good

Appears 42 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νεμεσάω, used by Hom. and Hes. in contr. forms νεμεσῶ, -ῶσι (v. infr.); Ep. 3sg. νεμεσσᾷ Hes. Op. 756; imper. νεμέσσα Od. 23.213: impf. ἐνεμέσων Plu. Sull. 6; Ep. ἐνεμέσσα Il. 13.16, Ep. 3sg. νεμέσασκε 11.543 (as cited by Arist. Rh. 1387a35): fut. -ήσω Arist. ib.12: aor. ἐνεμέσησα D. 45.71, etc.; poet. νεμέσησα Od. 21.285; Dor. -ᾱσα Pi. I. 1.3:—Med. and Pass., Ep. νεμεσσῶμαι Il. 13.119: fut. νεμεσήσομαι 10.129: Ep. aor. opt. νεμεσσήσαιτο Od. 1.228: more freq. aor. Pass. νεμεσσήθη 1.119, 3pl. -θεν Il. 2.223, etc.:—A. feel just resentment, to be wroth at undeserved good or bad fortune (cf. νέμεσις) freq. of the gods, νεμέσησε δὲ πότνια Ἥρη Il. 8.198; τῷ δὲ θεοὶ νεμεσῶσι Hes. Op. 741, etc., cf. Arist. Rh. 1386b16; also of men, sts. abs., μὴ νεμέσα Il. 10.145; τὸ νεμεσᾶν, opp. τὸ φθονεῖν, Cic. Att. 5.19.3; ν. τινί to be wroth with a person or at a thing, Il. 24.53, etc.: rarely in Prose, Pl. Lg. 927c, D. 20.161: c. part., οὐ νεμεσῶ Ἀγαμέμνονι . . ὀτρύνοντι if he incites, Il. 4.413; νεμεσᾷ ὁ θεός, ὅταν . . Pl. Min. 319a: c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, μὴ νῦν μοι τόδε χώεο μηδὲ νεμέσσα Od. 23.213, cf. Hes. Op. 756, Arist. Rh. 1384b4; ν. ἐπί τινι ib. 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. 2. grudge, τὰς εὐπραγίας ἡ τύχη τισὶ ἐνεμέσησε J. BJ 1.22.1:—Pass., εἰ νεμεσηθείην τῆς ἐπιβολῆς ib.6.1.6. II. Med. and Pass., prop. to be displeased with oneself, νεμεσσᾶται δʼ ἐνὶ θυμῷ . . ἐπες βολίας ἀναφαίνειν is indignant, ashamed at the thought of . . , rejects it as unseemly, Od. 4.158; feel shame, νεμεσσήθητε καὶ αὐτοί, ἄλλους τʼ αἰδέσθητε 2.64; νεμεσσήθητε δὲ θυμῷ Il. 16.544; πᾶσιν δὲ νεμεσσηθεῖσα μετηύδα 15.103. 2. Med. in act. sense, freq. in Hom., c. dat. pers., εἴ πέρ μοι νεμεσήσεαι Il. 10.115, cf. 129: c. part., νεμεσσήσαιτό κεν . . ὁρόων Od. 1.228: c. inf., νεμεσσῶμαί γε μὲν οὐδὲν κλαίειν 4.195: c. acc. et inf., οὔ σε νεμεσσῶμαι κεχολῶσθαι 18.227: c. acc. rei, νεμεσσᾶται κακὰ ἔργα is wroth at evil deeds, 14.284.—Poet. Verb, never in Trag., rare in good Prose (v. supr.).
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