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Neptūnus , i, m. Zend, nāpita, wet; Sanscr. nepa, water; Gr. root, νιπ-, νιβ-, νίφω, χέρνιψ; cf. nimbus, rain-cloud,
I.Neptune, the god of the sea and of other waters, brother of Jupiter and husband of Amphitrite: “Neptuno gratis habeo et tempestatibus,Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 2: “allocutus summi deum regis fratrem Neptunum, regnatorem Marum,Naev. 3, 2; 2, 21: omnipotens Neptune, Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72 (Com. Rel. v. 118 Rib.): “Neptunus salsipotens et multipotens,Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 1: “ut Portumnus a portu, sic Neptunus a nando, paulum primis litteris immutatis,Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66; 3, 24, 62: “Neptunum deum numeras,id. ib. 3, 17, 43; “3, 20, 52: caeruleos oculos esse Neptuni,id. ib. 1, 30, 83; Verg. A. 3, 74: “uterque,who presides over the salt and fresh waters, Cat. 31, 3: “Neptunus pater,Gell. 5, 12, 5: “haec ad Neptuni pecudes condimenta sunt,food for fishes, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 44.—
II. Transf.
B. A fish, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 58 Müll. (Com. Rel. v. 121 Rib.).
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    • Plautus, Stichus, 3.1
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.74
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.29
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 3.2
    • Plautus, Rudens, 2.6
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.1
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.472
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.26
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.34
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 5.12.5
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