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Nēleus (dissyl. ), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Νηλευς,
I.a son of Neptune and the nymph Tyro, a king of Pylos, the father of twelve sons who were all, except Nestor, killed by Hercules, Ov. M. 2, 689; cf. id. ib. 12, 552; Hyg. Fab. 10.—Hence,
A. Nēlēĭus , a, um, adj., Nelean: “Neleia Nestoris arva,” Ov. H. 1, 63: “Pyliae Neleia mella senectae,” i. e. the eloquence of Nestor, Sil. 15, 459.—Esp. as subst.: Nēlēĭus , i, m., the Neleian, i. e. Nestor: “haec postquam dulci Neleius edidit ore,” Ov. M. 12, 577.—
B. Nēlēus , a, um, adj., Nelean: “Nelea Pylos,” Ov. M. 6, 418; 12, 558.—
C. Nēlīdes , ae, m., a male descendant of Nestor, a Nelide, Ov. M. 12, 553; Val. Fl. 1, 338.
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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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.552
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