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νέμεσις νέμεσις, εως, νέμω properly, distribution of what is due; hence a righteous assignment of anger, wrath at anything unjust, just resentment, Hom.: indignation at undeserved good fortune, Arist. of the gods, indignation, wrath, ἐκ θεοῦ ν. Hdt., Soph. the object of just resentment, Hom.; οὐ νέμεσις ἐστί ʼtis no cause for wrath that . . , c. inf., Hom., Soph. indignation at oneʼs own misdeed, a sense of sin, Il. Νέμεσις, ιος, as prop. n., voc. Νέμεσι, Nemesis, the impersonation of divine wrath, Hes.: in Trag., the goddess of retribution.

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distribution of what is due

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νέμεσις

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νέμεσις

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νεμεσις

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22000

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n22022

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ne/mesis

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