noun · neuterthird declension
nemus
nemus n (genitive nemoris)
Classical[ˈnɛ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnɛː.mus]
№ 461 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- neutera grove or glade
est nemus arboribus dēnsum, sēcrētus ab omnī
[There] is a grove, dense with trees, a place secluded from every sound, if it were not being disturbed by waters.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.9–10 - neutera pasture
- neuterpoeticwood (material)
- neuterpoetica tree
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
parva silva; nemora deīs sacra sunt.nemus -oris n — in Mille Verba, Arborēs et Plantae
silva pulchra et sacranemus -oris (n) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 3, 7, 17
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Silva · Saltus · Nemus · Lucus
Silva (ὕλη) denotes a wood, in a general sense, merely with reference to the timber, like ὕλη; whereas saltus (ἄλσος) as a wild place, or wood in the midst of mountains, like νάπη; nemus (νέμος) as a pleasant place, as a grove; lucus (λόχμη) as a sacred place, as a grove consecrated to the gods, like ἄλσος, ἆλτις. (ii. 93.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nemus | nemora |
| genitive | nemoris | nemorum |
| dative | nemorī | nemoribus |
| accusative | nemus | nemora |
| ablative | nemore | nemoribus |
| vocative | nemus | nemora |
nĕmus, ŏris, n. root nem-, distribute; Gr. νέμω, νομός; cf. νέμος, pasturage, and Lat. Numa, numerus, = νέμος,
I. a wood with open glades and meadows for cattle, a wood with much pasture-land, a grove; poet., a wood in gen. (cf.: saltus, silva, lucus).
I. Lit.:
cras foliis nemus Multis tempestas Sternet, Hor. C. 3, 17, 9: multos nemora silvaeque commovent, Cic. Div. 1, 50, 114: in nemore Pelio, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22, 34 (Trag. v. 280 Vahl.): montium custos nemorumque (Diana), Hor. C. 3, 22, 1: gelidum, id. ib. 1, 1, 30: nemorum saltus, Verg. E. 6, 56: nemus arboribus densum, Ov. F. 6, 9: nemorum avia, id. M. 1, 479: nemora in domibus sacros imitantia lucos, Tib. 3, 3, 15: sacri fontis nemus, Juv. 3, 17.—B. In partic., a heath or grove consecrated to a divinity:
Angitiae nemus, Verg. A. 7, 759.—Also alone: Nĕmus, the sacred grove of Diana at Aricia, where Cæsar had a villa, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5; cf.: tabulam pictam in nemore Dianae posuit, Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 52; v. nemorensis, II. B.—II. Poet. transf., a tree:
nemora alta, Luc. 1, 453; Mart. 9, 62, 9; cf. Verg. G. 2, 401.—Also, wood: strictum acervans nemore congesto aggerem, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1216.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nemus oris, n
NEM-, a tract of woodland, forest pasture, meadow with shade, grove : multos nemora commovent: Quis nemori inperitet, the pasture , V.— A wood, grove, forest : Inter pulchra satum tecta, i. e. pleasure-garden , H.: gelidum, H.: densum trabibus, O.: nemorum saltus, V.— A sacred heath, consecrated grove : nemus Angitiae, V.: Cereale, O.—Esp., the sacred grove of Diana at Aricia .
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *némos. Cognate with Ancient Greek νέμος (némos), Sanskrit नमस् (námas).