1. Νηρεύς · Nēreus — Beekes
The corpus record
Νηρ-εύς
*nereus
fishes
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Where it lives
- Theogony 4 · 5.81/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 3 · 3.36/10k
- Helen 3 · 3.07/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
- Evagoras 1 · 2.18/10k
- Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
What it meant
Νηρεύς, -ἕως [m.] sea god, son of Pontos and Gaia (ἢ. Ap. 319, Hes. Th. 233 and 240). eVAR Epic Ion. gen. -fos. *DER Νηρεῖος in Nrpeia τέκνα = ‘fishes’ (Euphro 8, 2) and Νήρειον, -άδιον = deAgivov, a plant name (Ps.-Dsc.) perhaps referring to vnpdv ‘(fresh) water’? Besides Νηρηΐς, -elc [f.], -ἰδες [pl.] “Nereids, seanymphs’ (IL). eETYM As Νηρεύς has relevance only as the father of the Nereids (see von … — [Beekes, s.v. Νηρεύς, p. 1068]
2. Νηρεύς · Nēreus — Chantraine
Νηρεύς : -έως, ion. -%oc, dieu de la mer, fils de Pontos et de Gaia (H. Ap. 319, Hés, Th. 233 et 240) ; sur l’étymologie fantaisiste donnée par Hés., voir l'édition West. Dérivés : Νηρεῖος dans Νηρεῖα τέκνα — les poissons (Euphro 8,2), mais pour vhpetov, -dôtov, voir νήριον. La forme la plus anciennement attestée est Νηρηΐδες (Hom., Hés., etc.), Nnpfôec (att.), Nnpetôes (Ale, Pi), le sing. Νηρηίς est rare ; «filles … — [Chantraine, s.v. Νηρεύς, p. 768]
3. Νηρ-εύς · Nēr-eus — LSJ
Nereus
Nereus, h.Ap. 319, Hes. Th. 240, Alc. Supp. 8.7, etc.
2 sea
sea, Λίβυς, Ἄραψ N., Nonn. D. 25.51, 32.194.
In the wild
- Νηρέος · Nēreos Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 320 (DIORISIS sentence 299)
- Νηρέως · Nēreōs Euripides, Helen *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 1024)
- Νηρέως · Nēreōs Euripides, Helen *(ele/nh (DIORISIS sentence 5)
- Νηρέως · Nēreōs Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 676)
- Νηρέος · Nēreos Euripides, Ion 2 (DIORISIS sentence 717)
- Νηρέως · Nēreōs Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1 (DIORISIS sentence 657)
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Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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