How do you use Nemean in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Nemean in a sentence
Nemean meaning
Of or pertaining to Nemea, ancient site in the Peloponnese in Greece, associated with certain myths.
Using Nemean
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to Nemea, ancient site in the Peloponnese in Greece, associated with certain myths.
- In the example corpus, nemean often appears in combinations such as: the nemean, nemean lion, nemean ode.
Context around Nemean
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nemean
- In this selection, "nemean" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sixth, fifth, lion and ode stand out and add context to how "nemean" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the nemean lion poirot and of the nemean lion and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nemean" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nemean
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She instructed Heracles to skin the Nemean Lion by using its own claws to cut through its thick hide. (19 words)
In the sixth Nemean Ode, Pindar states: "There is one/race of men, one race of gods; both have breath/of life from a single mother. (26 words)
He was forced to do women's work and to wear women's clothes, while she wore the skin of the Nemean Lion and carried his olive-wood club. (29 words)
In The Nemean Lion, Poirot sided with the criminal, Miss Amy Carnaby, allowing her to evade prosecution by blackmailing his client Sir Joseph Hoggins, who, Poirot discovered, had plans to commit murder. (32 words)
Theseus overpowered the Minotaur with his strength and stabbed the beast in the throat with his sword (according to one scholium on Pindar's Fifth Nemean Ode, Theseus strangled it). (30 words)
He was forced to do women's work and to wear women's clothes, while she wore the skin of the Nemean Lion and carried his olive-wood club. (29 words)
Example sentences (5)
He was forced to do women's work and to wear women's clothes, while she wore the skin of the Nemean Lion and carried his olive-wood club.
In The Nemean Lion, Poirot sided with the criminal, Miss Amy Carnaby, allowing her to evade prosecution by blackmailing his client Sir Joseph Hoggins, who, Poirot discovered, had plans to commit murder.
In the sixth Nemean Ode, Pindar states: "There is one/race of men, one race of gods; both have breath/of life from a single mother.
She instructed Heracles to skin the Nemean Lion by using its own claws to cut through its thick hide.
Theseus overpowered the Minotaur with his strength and stabbed the beast in the throat with his sword (according to one scholium on Pindar's Fifth Nemean Ode, Theseus strangled it).
Common combinations with nemean
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: