(adjective) : Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Νηρεύς
* The son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.
* Transf. (poet.), the sea: placidum per Nerea,Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.
* Hence
* Nērēis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia: virides Nereides,Ov. H. 5, 57: Nereida colligit orbam,id. M. 11, 380: aequoreae Nereides,Cat. 64, 15: Nereis caerula Thetis,Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.
* Nērēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus: genetrix Nereia,Ov. M. 13, 162: juvenis,Phocus, grandson of Nereus,id. ib. 7, 685: Nereia Doto,daughter of Nereus,Verg. A. 9, 102: Nereia turba,the Nereids,Sil. 7, 416: Nereia bacca,pearls,Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591
* Nērīnē, ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine: Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,Verg. E. 7, 37.
* Nērīnus, a, um, , = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine: Nerinae aquae,sea-water,Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52: animantia Nerina,fishes,Aus. Ep. 4, 55.