Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Νηρεύς,
I 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.—
B 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.—
II Hence,
A Nērē̆is , 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.—
B 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—
C Nērīnē , ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine : Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae, Verg. E. 7, 37. —
D Nērīnus , a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine : Nerinae aquae, sea-water , Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52: animantia Nerina, fishes , Aus. Ep. 4, 55.