The corpus record

Νηρηίς

nereis · ἡ

daughter of Nereus, sea-nymph

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Where it lives

Iphigenia in Aulis 7 · 7.84/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

Νηρηΐς · Nērēis — LSJ

daughter of Nereus, sea-nymph, spring-nymph

daughter of Nereus, sea-nymph (opp. Ναϊάς, spring-nymph): mostly in pl. Νηρηΐδες, Il. 18.38, Pi. P. 11.2; title of play by Anaxandrides, Ath. 11.482c; Νηρεΐδες Alc. Supp. 8.11, Pi. I. (6)5.6, Q.S. 2.436, title of play by Aeschylus; Att. Νηρῇδες A. Fr. 174, S. OC 719 (lyr.), E. Andr. 1267, etc.; they were fifty in number, Hes. Th. 264, Pi. I. 6(5).6; their names are given, Il. 18.39 sqq., Hes. Th. 243 sqq.: rare in sg., gen. Νηρηΐδος S. Fr. 546, Alc.Com. 4 [not found].

In the wild

Νηρῄδων · Nērēidōn Euripides, Electra 1 (DIORISIS sentence 252)
Νηρῇδες · Nērēides Euripides, Electra 1 (DIORISIS sentence 253)
Νηρῇδος · Nērēidos Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 1079)
Νηρῇδος · Nērēidos Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 192)
Νηρηὶ · Nērēi Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1 (DIORISIS sentence 660)
Νηρῄδων · Nērēidōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1 (DIORISIS sentence 661)

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