Nĕaera, ae, f., = Νέαιρα,
I a female proper name .
1 The mistress of Lygdamus , Tib. 3, 1, 6; 23 et saep.—
2 A mistress of Horace , Hor. C. 3, 14, 21; id. Epod. 15.—
3 A mistress of the shepherd Aegon , Verg. E. 3, 3.—
4 Iole, the mistress of Hercules , Prud. στεφ. 10, 240.—
5 Ariadne, as the mistress of Bacchus , id. ap. Symm. 1, 139.