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Neleus

Neleus · m

a son of Neptune and the nymph Tyro, a king of Pylos, the father of twelve sons who were all, except Nestor, killed by…

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Where it lives

De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Metamorphoses 4 · 0.52/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Nēleus — Lewis & Short

Nēleus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = *nhleus,

I a son of Neptune and the nymph Tyro, a king of Pylos, the father of twelve sons who were all, except Nestor, killed by Hercules, Ov. M. 2, 689; cf. id. ib. 12, 552; Hyg. Fab. 10.—Hence,

A Nēlēĭus, a, um, adj., Nelean: Neleia Nestoris arva, Ov. H. 1, 63: Pyliae Neleia mella senectae, i. e. the eloquence of Nestor, Sil. 15, 459.—Esp. as subst.: Nēlēĭus, i, m., the Neleian, i. e. Nestor: haec postquam dulci Neleius edidit ore, Ov. M. 12, 577.—

B Nēlēus, a, um, adj., Nelean: Nelea Pylos, Ov. M. 6, 418; 12, 558.—

C Nēlīdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Nestor, a Nelide, Ov. M. 12, 553; Val. Fl. 1, 338.

In the wild

Nelei Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.689
Neleius Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.577
Nelei Tertullian, De Pallio 2
Nelea Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.2.p4
Nelei Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.558
Nelea Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.418

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