Νιρεύς
Nireus
Translated by Nick Nicholas25 Nov 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
He who is fine and beautiful.
[sc. Not to be confused with] neireus, a murex, [or] Nereus, the sea [god].
[sc. Not to be confused with] neireus, a murex, [or] Nereus, the sea [god].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νιρεύς· ὁ καλὸς καὶ εὔμορφος. Νειρεύς, ὁ κόχλος, Νηρεύς, ὁ θαλάσσιος.
Betacode
*nireu/s: o( kalo\s kai\ eu)/morfos. *neireu/s, o( ko/xlos, *nhreu/s, o( qala/ssios.
Notes
- Three nouns that sounded identical in Byzantine Greek. They are already compared in Tryphon I,
*peri\ tro/pwn p. 203 Spengel, and Herodian, Partitions p. 189, p. 263 Boissonade.
Nireus is mentioned in Homer, Iliad 2.673 as "a most beautiful man" (web address 1). The nounneireu/s is unattested outside philology (the grammarians cited, and scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 1.315); cf.nhri/ths at nu 336. On Nereus the sea-god see already nu 328.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Nov 2020
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas