Ῥαμνοῦς

Ῥαμνοῦς, οῦντος (contr. from ῥαμνόεις), ὁ,

• Rhamnus, a deme in Attica (named from the ῥάμνοι growing in it), ἡ ἐν Ῥ. θεός, i.e. Nemesis, Paus. 1.33.2, cf. Str. 9.1.17 and 22; Ῥαμνοῦντι, not ἐν Ῥ., at Rhamnus, Lys. 19.28, etc.—Hence Ῥαμνούσιος, α, ον, Rhamnusian, Aeschin. 1.157, etc.; ἡ Ῥαμνουσία, epith. of Nemesis from her temple at Rhamnus, Hsch., etc.; also Ῥαμνουσίς, ίδος, ἡ, Call. Dian. 232; Ῥαμνουσιάς, άδος, ἡ, IG 14.1389 ii 2.