Neaera
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Nĕaera: ae, f., = Νέαιρα,
I a female proper name.
1 The mistress of Lygdamus, Tib. 3, 1, 6; 23 et saep.—
2 A mistress of Horace, Hor. C. 3, 14, 21; id. Epod. 15.—
3 A mistress of the shepherd Ægon, Verg. E. 3, 3.—
4 Iole, the mistress of Hercules, Prud. στεφ. 10, 240.—
5 Ariadne, as the mistress of Bacchus, id. ap. Symm. 1, 139.
