Nĕro, ōnis, m. [a Sabine word, = fortis; cf. Nerio = fortitudo; root nar; Sanscr. naras, man; Gr. ἀνήρ; cf. ἠνορέη],
I a family name in the gens Claudia, whose most famous member was the emperor C. Claudius Nero, Tac. A. lib. 12-16 passim; Suet. Ner. 1 sqq.; Juv. 8, 223; 12, 129 et saep.—
II Hence,
A Nĕrōnēus , a, um, adj., Neronian : mensem quoque Aprilem Neroneum appellavit, Suet. Ner. 55: unda, the warm baths of Nero , Stat. S. 1, 5, 6: certamen, the games in the Grecian manner instituted by Nero , Suet. Vit. 4; so, agon, id. Ner. 12.—
B Nĕrōnĭānus , a, um, adj., of Nero, Neronian : Neronianum dictum, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 248: piscina, perh. laid out after the pattern of the fish-ponds of Nero, near Baiae , Cassiod. Var. 2, 39.—
2 Nĕrōnĭānus , i, m., a Roman surname : Patrobius Neronianus, Suet. Galb. 20.—
C Nĕrōnĭus , a, um, adj., Neronian , Suet. Ner. 12.