Νηρηΐς

Νηρηΐς or Νηρεΐς, ΐδος, ἡ,

• 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].

Νηρηΐς

• See Lexicon. Νηρεύς͂ the ἅλιος γέρων of Il. 1.556 : Od. 24.58,
• and the πατὴρ γέρων and γέρων ἅλιος of Il. 18.36, 141.

Νηρηΐς , ίδος: Nereid, i. e. daughter of Nereus, who is himself not named by Homer, but is only called ἅλιος γέρων, Il. 11.538; pl., Il. 18.38, 49, 52.

Νηρηΐς from Νηρεύς Νηρηίς, or Νηρεΐς, ίδος, ἡ,

• a daughter of Nereus, a Nereid or Nymph of the sea, mostly in pl., Νηρηίδες, Hom.; Νηρεΐδες Hes.; Attic Νηρῇδες Soph., Eur.