Νηρεύς

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νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)

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Full diacritics: Νηρεύς Medium diacritics: Νηρεύς Low diacritics: Νηρεύς Capitals: ΝΗΡΕΥΣ
Transliteration A: Nēreús Transliteration B: Nēreus Transliteration C: Nireys Beta Code: *nhreu/s

English (LSJ)

έως, Ion. ῆος, ὁ,

   A Nereus, h.Ap.319, Hes.Th.240, Alc.Supp. 8.7, etc.    2 sea, Λίβυς, Ἄραψ N., Nonn.D.25.51, 32.194.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Νηρεύς: έως, Ἰων. -ῆος, ὁ, ἀρχαῖός τις θαλάσσιος θεός, ὅστις ὑπὸ τὸν Ποσειδῶνα διατελῶν ἦρχε τῆς Μεσογείου, ἴδε Ἰλ. Σ. 141· τὸ πρῶτον ὀνομαστὶ μνημονεύεται ἐν Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἀπόλλ. 319, καὶ ἐν Ἡσιόδ. Ἦτο δὲ πρεσβύτατος υἱὸς τοῦ Πόντου (δηλ. τῆς θαλάσσης), ἀνὴρ τῆς Δωρίδος θυγατρὸς τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ πατὴρ τῶν Νηρηΐδων, Ἡσ. Θ. 233 κἑξ.: - Ἐπίθετ. Νήρειος, α, ον, ὁ τοῦ Νηρέως, Νήρεια τέκνα, δηλ. ἰχθύες, Εὔφρων ἐν «Μούσαις» 1. (Ἴδε ἐν λέξ. νάω, ῥέω, πρβλ. νηρός, νᾱρός).

French (Bailly abrégé)

έως (ὁ) :
Nérée, fils de Poséidon, père des Néréides.
Étymologie: R. Σνα > Να, nager ; v. νέω².

English (Slater)

Νηρεύς old man of the sea ( (P. 9.94) ), a sea god, father of Thetis, Psamatheia, and the Nereids.
   1 λέγοντι δ' ἐν καὶ θαλάσσᾳ μετὰ κόραισι Νηρῆος ἁλίαις βίοτον ἄφθιτον Ἰνοῖ τετάχθαι (O. 2.29) Νηρῆος εὐβούλου Θέτιν παῖδα (P. 3.92) ἀγλαόκολπον Νηρέος θύγατρα (Θέτιν) (N. 3.57) Νηρέος θυγάτηρ (Boeckh: Νηρέως codd.: Thetis) (I. 8.42) Νηρεὺς δ' ὁ γέρων ἕπετα[ι (sc. in a procession in honour of Aiakos) (Pae. 15.4)

English (Strong)

apparently from a derivative of the base of ναῦς (meaning wet); Nereus, a Christian: Nereus.

English (Thayer)

(cf. Vanicek, p. 1158)), Νηρευσεως, ὁ, Nereus, a Christian who lived at Rome: L marginal reading Νηρεαν).