Nĕmĕa, ae, and Nĕmĕē, ēs, f., = Νεμέη,
I a city in Argolis, near which Hercules slew the Nemean lion and founded the Nemean games : nec Nemeae nec Olympiae nec usquam, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 1; Cic. Fat. 4, 7: Nemeae sub rupe, Verg. A. 8, 295: Nemee frondosa, Mart. Spect. 27: pulvereā Nemeen effervere nube, Stat. Th. 4, 664; id. S. 1, 3, 6.—
B Hence,
1 Nĕmaeus , a, um, adj., Nemean , Hier. in Vigil. 1.—
2 Nĕmĕaeus , a, um, adj., Nemean : rura, Stat. Th. 3, 421: leo, Cic. Tusc. 2, 9, 22; 4, 22, 50: moles, Ov. M. 9, 197: pestis, id. H. 9, 61: vellus, id. M. 9, 235: arma, Stat. S. 5, 2, 48; id. Th. 3, 421.—Of the constellation Leo: monstrum, Mart. 4, 57, 5; Luc. 1, 655. —
3 Nĕmē̆us , a, um, adj., Nemean .— Subst.: Nĕmē̆a , ōrum, n., = Νέμεα or Νέμεια, the Nemean games , Liv. 27, 30 sq.; 34, 41; Hyg. Fab. 273.