I.the companion and wife of Mars; nom. Nerio, Gell. 13, 22, 4; Mart. Cap. 1, § 4; acc.: “Mars salutat Nerienem uxorem suam,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 34: Nerienes, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 22, 4 (Sat. Men. 83, 1): Neria Martis, Cn. Gell. ap. Gell. 13, 22, 13: nolo ego Neaeram te vocent, sed Nerienem, Licinius Imbrex ap. Gell. l. l. fin.
Nērĭo , ēnis, or Nērĭēnes , is, or Nērĭēnē , ēs, or Nēria , ae, f. a Sabine word which signified bravery; v. Nero; hence, personified, in the Roman mythology,