of the Nereides

glaucōpis, ĭdis, f., = glaukôpis (gray-eyed, an epithet of Minerva), the owl:

si meus aurita gaudet glaucopide Flaccus,

Mart. 7, 87 dub. (ex conject. Scalig., al. lagopode; v. lagopus).

† glaucus, a, um, adj., = glaukos, bright, sparkling, gleaming, grayish ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:

caeruleus, caesius): undae,

Lucr. 1, 719;

so of water: amictus (Nymphae),

Verg. A. 12, 885; cf.:

amictus (dei Tiberini),

id. ib. 8, 33:

sorores,

i. e. the Nereides, Stat. Th. 9, 351:

ulva,

Verg. A. 6, 416:

salix,

id. G. 4, 182; cf.:

frons (salictorum),

id. ib. 2, 13:

equus,

id. ib. 3, 82:

oculi,

Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 75; 11, 37, 53, § 141 sq.— Transf.:

glauca uxor, i. e. with gleaming eyes,

Amm. 15, 12, 1.

† glaucus, i, m., = glaukos, a bluish-colored fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58 al.

glaucōpis, ĭdis, f., = glaukôpis (gray-eyed, an epithet of Minerva), the owl:

si meus aurita gaudet glaucopide Flaccus,

Mart. 7, 87 dub. (ex conject. Scalig., al. lagopode; v. lagopus).

† glaucus, a, um, adj., = glaukos, bright, sparkling, gleaming, grayish ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:

caeruleus, caesius): undae,

Lucr. 1, 719;

so of water: amictus (Nymphae),

Verg. A. 12, 885; cf.:

amictus (dei Tiberini),

id. ib. 8, 33:

sorores,

i. e. the Nereides, Stat. Th. 9, 351:

ulva,

Verg. A. 6, 416:

salix,

id. G. 4, 182; cf.:

frons (salictorum),

id. ib. 2, 13:

equus,

id. ib. 3, 82:

oculi,

Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 75; 11, 37, 53, § 141 sq.— Transf.:

glauca uxor, i. e. with gleaming eyes,

Amm. 15, 12, 1.

† glaucus, i, m., = glaukos, a bluish-colored fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 9, 16, 25, § 58 al.

Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Nêreus, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.—

Transf. ( poet.), the sea:

placidum per Nerea,

Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.—

Hence,

Nērē̆is, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia:

virides Nereides,

Ov. H. 5, 57:

Nereida colligit orbam,

id. M. 11, 380:

aequoreae Nereides,

Cat. 64, 15:

Nereis caerula Thetis,

Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.—

Nērēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus:

genetrix Nereia,

Ov. M. 13, 162:

juvenis,

Phocus, grandson of Nereus, id. ib. 7, 685:

Nereia Doto,

daughter of Nereus, Verg. A. 9, 102:

Nereia turba,

the Nereids, Sil. 7, 416:

Nereia bacca,

pearls, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591 —

Nērīnē, ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine:

Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,

Verg. E. 7, 37. —

Nērīnus, a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine:

Nerinae aquae,

sea-water, Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52:

animantia Nerina,

fishes, Aus. Ep. 4, 55.

Nēreus (dissyl.), i and ĕos, m., = Nêreus, the son of Oceanus and Tethys, a seagod, the husband of Doris, and father of the Nereids, Ov. M. 13, 742; Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67); Verg. A. 8, 383: Nerei filii, sea-monsters, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 733 P. (Trag. v. 138 Vahl.); Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Verg. A. 2, 418 Forbig. ad loc.; Petr. 139.—

Transf. ( poet.), the sea:

placidum per Nerea,

Tib. 4, 1, 58: quā totum Nereus circumtonat orbem. Ov. M. 1, 187; Val. Fl. 1, 450; Luc. 2, 713.—

Hence,

Nērē̆is, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Nereus, a sea-nymph, Nereia:

virides Nereides,

Ov. H. 5, 57:

Nereida colligit orbam,

id. M. 11, 380:

aequoreae Nereides,

Cat. 64, 15:

Nereis caerula Thetis,

Tib. 1, 6, 9 (5, 45).—Acc. to Hyg. Fab. praef. there were fifty of them; acc. to Prop. 3, 5, 33 (4, 6, 67), a hundred.—

Nērēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nereus:

genetrix Nereia,

Ov. M. 13, 162:

juvenis,

Phocus, grandson of Nereus, id. ib. 7, 685:

Nereia Doto,

daughter of Nereus, Verg. A. 9, 102:

Nereia turba,

the Nereids, Sil. 7, 416:

Nereia bacca,

pearls, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 591 —

Nērīnē, ēs, f., = Nereis, Nerine:

Nerine Galatea, thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae,

Verg. E. 7, 37. —

Nērīnus, a, um, adj., = Nereïus, of or belonging to Nereus, Nerine:

Nerinae aquae,

sea-water, Nemes. Ecl. 4, 52:

animantia Nerina,

fishes, Aus. Ep. 4, 55.

1) Biology: bristle worms (Nereidae), bristle-bearing worms (Nereidae), ragworms (Nereidae)

2) Zoology: Nereides

3) Religion: Nereid (In Greek religion, any of 50 or 100 daughters of the sea god Nereus)

ē-mergo, si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to bring forth, bring to light, raise up (very rare; mostly with se, or pass. in mid. sense), to come forth, come out, to rise up, emerge (not in Plaut., Caes., Verg., or Hor.).

Lit.:

emersere e gurgite vultus Nereides,

Cat. 64, 14:

ex undis Cancri pars sese emergit in astra,

Manil. 5, 198;

se torrens imo hiatu,

Auct. Aetn. 118:

se lux pelago,

Avien. Perieg. 126:

tibi (somnianti) subito sum visus emersus e flumine,

Cic. Div. 2, 68; so,

emersus e palude,

Liv. 1, 13:

emersus paludibus,

Tac. A. 1, 65.— Poet.:

cernis et emersas in lucem tendere noctes,

Ov. M. 15, 186;

nox emersa,

id. F. 3, 399.—

Trop., to extricate or free one's self, to raise one's self up, to rise:

sese ex malis,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 30 Ruhnk.; so Nep. Att. 11, 1:

homo emersus subito ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

Cic. Sest. 9; cf.:

tu emersus e caeno,

id. Vatin. 7, 17:

velut emerso ab admiratione animo,

Liv. 8, 7 fin. —Once perh. act.:

ut possim rerum tantas emergere moles,

Manil. 1, 116.—Far more freq. and class.,

Neutr. (i. q. the preceding emergere se), to come forth, come up, arise, emerge.

Lit.

In gen.:

equus emersit e flumine,

Cic. Div. 2, 31 fin.:

e vadis,

id. Cael. 21:

ex alto,

id. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

de paludibus,

Liv. 22, 3:

ab infima ara (anguis),

Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:

sub exsistentibus glebis (pisces),

Liv. 42, 2: extra aquam Plin. 13, 18, 32, § 109; 2, 88, 89, § 203:

foras (with exsilire),

Lucr. 2, 200:

ad ortus,

id. 5, 697:

in suam lucem (luna),

Liv. 44, 37 et saep.:

ex Antiati in Appiam ad Tres Tabernas,

to get away, escape, Cic. Att. 2, 12, 2; cf.:

e patrio regno (with Cappadociae latebris se occultare),

id. de Imp. Pomp. 3:

aegre in apertos campos (Manlius),

Liv. 21, 25 al. — Absol.:

aves, quae se in mari mergerent: quae cum emersissent, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49; cf. id. Fin. 3, 14 fin.: sol. id. Arat. 76 (also, id. N. D. 2, 44, 113); Tac. G. 45; cf.

stellae,

Plin. 2, 14, 11, § 58 al. — Impers. tot res repente circumvallant, unde emergi non potest, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 4.—

In partic., to come forth, come up, break forth, as a plant or animal, when it springs up or is born:

viriditas e vaginis emergit, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 51; cf.:

flos ex caule,

Plin. 21, 17, 66, § 106:

totus infans utero,

id. 11, 51, 112, § 270:

ova,

id. 10, 52, 74, § 145:

ventus,

id. 2, 82, 84, § 198.—

Trop., to extricate one's self from, to raise one's self up, to emerge, get clear:

ex sermone emersit,

Cic. Cael. 31, 75:

ex miserrimis naturae tuae sordibus,

id. Pis. 12, 27:

ex peculatus judicio,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 5:

ex paternis probris ac vitiis,

id. ib. 2, 3, 69:

ex mendicitate,

id. Vatin. 9 fin.:

vixdum e naufragiis prioris culpae cladisque,

Liv. 5, 52, 1:

ex obnoxia pace,

id. 9, 10:

ex omni saevitia fortunae (virtus),

id. 25, 38; Dig. 47, 10, 5 fin.: cum tam multa ex illo mari (sc. Ponto) bella emerserint, have arisen, [p. 642] broken out, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58:

equidem multos vidi emersisse aliquando, et se ad frugem bonam, ut dicitur, recepisse,

have raised themselves up, have risen, Cic. Cael. 12:

hac autem re incredibile est quantum civitates emerserint,

have raised themselves up, elevated themselves, id. Att. 6, 2, 4; cf.:

ad summas opes,

Lucr. 2, 13; 3, 63:

in quod fastigium,

Vell. 2, 65; Juv. 3, 164:

quamvis enim demersae sint leges, emergunt tamen haec aliquando,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24; cf. id. Clu. 65, 183:

nunc emergit amor,

id. Att. 9, 10, 2; cf.

dolor,

id. ib. 9, 6, 5:

ex quo magis emergit, quale sit decorum illud, etc.,

appears, is evident, id. Off. 1, 31; cf.:

tanti sceleris indicium per Fulviam emersit,

Flor. 4, 1, 6.