Nēleus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Νηλεύς,
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.