I.a family name in the gens Claudia, whose most famous member was the emperor C. Claudius Nero, Tac. A. lib. 12-16 passim; Suet. Ner. 1 sqq.; Juv. 8, 223; 12, 129 et saep.—
II. Hence,
A. Nĕrōnēus , a, um, adj., Neronian: “mensem quoque Aprilem Neroneum appellavit,” Suet. Ner. 55: “unda,” the warm baths of Nero, Stat. S. 1, 5, 6: “certamen,” the games in the Grecian manner instituted by Nero, Suet. Vit. 4; so, “agon,” id. Ner. 12.—
B. Nĕrōnĭānus , a, um, adj., of Nero, Neronian: “Neronianum dictum,” Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 248: piscina, perh. laid out after the pattern of the fish-ponds of Nero, near Baiæ, Cassiod. Var. 2, 39.—
C. Nĕrōnĭus , a, um, adj., Neronian, Suet. Ner. 12.