NEREUS Definition & Meaning

Nereus

[ neer-ee-uhs, neer-yoos ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Classical Mythology.

a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaia and father of the Nereids.

Nereus

/ ˈ��ɪə��ɪˌ��ː�� /

noun

Greek myth a sea god who lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters the Nereides

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Nereus¹

First recorded in 1600–20; from Latin ��ŧ��ܲ�, from Greek ��ŧ��ú��; probably of pre-Greek origin

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She had boasted that she was more beautiful than the daughters of Nereus, the Sea-god.

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District Court complaint filed earlier this month says Nereus Sutko committed health care fraud that began in November 2010 and continued into this month.

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Nereus, an Amsterdam-based club, with a berth in the semifinals on the line.

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Two other sister ships of the Cyclops — the Proteus and Nereus — were later sold to Canada and operated in the Canadian Merchant Navy.

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As we walked, I told Grover about my conversation with Apollo the night before—how he’d told me to seek out Nereus in San Francisco.

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