Nērĭtŏs (-us), i, m., = Νήριτος,
I a mountain in Ithaca, and an island in its vicinity , Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 55: Neritos ardua saxis, Verg. A. 3, 271; Sen. Troad. 856.—Hence,
II Nērĭtĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Neritos, Neritian; poet. for Ithacean : Macareus, Ov. M. 14, 159; also for Ulyssean : Neritia proles, the Saguntines, because they emigrated from the Cephallenian islands , Sil. 2, 317; cf. Liv. 21, 7: Neritia ratis, the ship of Ulysses , Ov. M. 14, 563: dux, i. e. Ulysses , id. F. 4, 69: domus, of Ulysses , id. M. 13, 712.