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Nēreus (dissyl. ), i and ĕos, m., = Νηρεύς,
I.the son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.—
B. Transf. (poet.), the sea: “placidum per Nerea,” Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.—
II. Hence,
A. Nērē^is , ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia: “virides Nereides,” Ov. H. 5, 57: “Nereida colligit orbam,” id. M. 11, 380: “aequoreae Nereides,” Cat. 64, 15: “Nereis caerula Thetis,” Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.—
B. Nērēĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus: “genetrix Nereia,” Ov. M. 13, 162: “juvenis,” Phocus, grandson of Nereus, id. ib. 7, 685: “Nereia Doto,” daughter of Nereus, Verg. A. 9, 102: “Nereia turba,” the Nereids, Sil. 7, 416: “Nereia bacca,” pearls, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591—
C. Nērīnē , ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine: “Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,” Verg. E. 7, 37. —
D. Nērīnus , a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine: “Nerinae aquae,” sea-water, Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52: “animantia Nerina,” fishes, Aus. Ep. 4, 55.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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