Nereius

• nērēius (alternative case form)

From Nērēis +‎ -ius.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neːˈreː.i.us/, [neːˈreːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈre.i.us/, [neˈrɛːius]

Nērēius (feminine Nērēia, neuter Nērēium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to a Nereid
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.685, (The youth of the Nereid here refers to Phocus, son of Psamathe, a Nereid.):

     tum vero iuvenis Nereius omnia quaerit,

     Then, indeed, the youth of the Nereid seeks all,

First/second-declension adjective.

• “Nereius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press