Nēleus | dissyl., a, um | Nēlēĭus, i | Nēlēĭus, a, um | Nēlēus, ae | Nēlīdes (noun M.m.m) : (), , , = Νηλευς
* 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
* 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.: , , , the Neleian, i. e. Nestor: haec postquam dulci Neleius edidit ore,Ov. M. 12, 577.
* Adj., Nelean: Nelea Pylos,Ov. M. 6, 418; 12, 558.
* A male descendant of Nestor, a Nelide, Ov. M. 12, 553; Val. Fl. 1, 338.