Nereus

  

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Nereus

Definition: Nereus

Nereus

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) a sea god son of Pontus and Gaea; lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters the Nereids.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Nereus" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "same as Ner".

Date "Nereus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Nereus

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Bible

Nereus a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutation (Rom. 16:15). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Nereus

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Nereus: in Greek Mythology, eldest son of Pontus and Gaia. See Hesiod, Theogony 233-36.

With Doris, he fathered the Nereids. Together, he lived with his family in the Aegean Sea. He was a shapeshifter with the power of prophesy and he would aid heroes, such as Heracles, who managed to catch him even as he changed shapes.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nereus."

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Crosswords: Nereus

English words defined with "Nereus": DorisNereidPontos, Pontussea nymph. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Nereus": Sabrina, Sea Deities. (references)
Etymologies containing "Nereus": Doris. (references)

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Photo Album: Nereus

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Watercolor by Erik Heyl, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. This steamship served as USS Nereus during 1864-1865 and had a long commercial career after the Civil War.Credit: NAVY.

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Derived & Related Names: Nereus

"Nereus" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "same as Ner".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Nereus."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
NereusN/ABiblicalN/A
NerioMaleItalianNereus
NereidaFemaleSpanishNereus
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nereus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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nereus

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nereus pharmaceutical

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nereus uss

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Bible Trace: Nereus

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 16, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAspasasqe filologon kai ioulian nhrea kai thn adelfhn autou kai olumpan kai touV sun autoiV pantaV agiouV
Latin405VulgateSalutate Filologum et Iuliam Nereum et sororem eius et Olympiadem et omnes qui cum eis sunt sanctos
Old English990West SaxonHalette Philologum, Julie, Nereum and his sister, and Olympas and haligna gehwone mid him.
Middle English1395WyclifGrete wel Filologus, and Julian, and Nereum, and his sistir, and Olympiades, and alle the seyntis that ben with hem.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleSalute Philologus and Iulia Nereus and his sister and Olimpha and all the saynctes which are with them.
Jacobean English1611King JamesSalute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.
Victorian English1833WebsterSalute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.
Basic English1964OgdenGive my love to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

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Matched Bible Translations: Nereus

LanguageRomans Chapter 16, Verse 15
BulgarianПоздравяват ви съработникът ми Тимотей, и сродниците ми Лукий, Ясон и Сосипатър.
CebuanoIpangomusta ako kanila kang Filologo, Julia, Nereo ug sa iyang igsoong babaye, ug kang Olimpas, ug sa tanang mga balaan nga anaa uban kanila.
Chinese又 問 非 羅 羅 古 、 ' 猶 利 亞 、 尼 利 亞 、 ' 他 姊 妹 、 同 阿 林 巴 、 並 與 他 們 在 一 處 的 眾 聖 ' 安 。
CroatianPozdravite Filologa i Juliju, Nereja i njegovu sestru, i Olimpu, i sve svete koji su s njima.
DanishHilser Filologus og Julia, Nereus og hans Søster og Olympas og alle de hellige hos dem!
DutchGroet Filologus en Julia, Nereus en zijn zuster, en Olympas, en al de heiligen, die met henlieden zijn.
FinnishTervehdys Filologukselle ja Julialle, Nereukselle ja hänen sisarelleen ja Olympaalle ja kaikille pyhille, jotka ovat heidän kanssansa.
FrenchSaluez Philologue et Julie, Nérée et sa soeur, et Olympe, et tous les saints qui sont avec eux.
GermanGrüßet Philologus und die Julia, Nereus und seine Schwester und Olympas und alle Heiligen bei ihnen.
Haitian CreoleDi Filològ ak Jili, Nere ak sè li a ansanm avek Olimpas ak tout manm legliz ki la avèk yo, bonjou.
HungarianKöszöntsétek Filológust és Juliát, Néreust és az õ nénjét, és Olimpást és minden szenteket, kik velök vannak.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSalam kepada Filologus dan Yulia; kepada Nereus dan saudara perempuannya; kepada Olimpas dan kepada semua orang percaya yang bersama-sama dengan mereka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSalam kepada Pilologus dan Yulia, dan kepada Nerius dan saudaranya yang perempuan, dan kepada Olimpas, dan sekalian orang suci yang beserta dengan mereka itu.
ItalianSalutate Filòlogo e Giulia, Nèreo e sua sorella e Olimpas e tutti i credenti che sono con loro.
Korean빌 롤 로 와 율 리 아 와 또 네 오 와 그 자 매 와 올 름 " 와 희 와 함 께 있 " 모 " 성 도 에 게 문 안 하 라
LatvianSveiciniet Filologu un Jûliju, Nçreju un viòa mâsu, un Olimpiju, un visus svçtos, kas ir kopâ ar viòiem!
MaoriOha atu ki a Piroroku raua ko huria, ki a Nireu raua ko tona tuahine, ki a Orimapa ratou ko te hunga tapu katoa e noho ana i a ratou.
Modern GreekΑσπασθητε τον Φιλολογον και την Ιουλιαν, τον Νηρεα και την αδελφην αυτου, και τον Ολυμπαν και παντας τους αγιους τους μετ' αυτων.
NorwegianHils Filologus og Julia, Nereus og hans søster og Olympas, og alle de hellige hos dem.
PortugueseSaudai a Filólogo e a Júlia, a Nereu e a sua irmã, e a Olimpas, e a todos os santos que com eles estão.   
RumanianSpuneyi sqnqtate lui Filolog wi Iuliei, lui Nereu wi surorii lui, lui Olimpa, wi tuturor sfinyilor cari sknt kmpreunq cu ei. -
RussianрТЙЧЕФУФЧХКФЕ жЙМПМПЗБ Й аМЙА, оЙТЕС Й УЕУФТХ ЕЗП, Й пМЙН БОБ, Й ЧУЕИ У ОЙНЙ УЧСФЩИ.
ShuarNúnisan Jirurukusha, Júriasha, Néreusha, ni umaijiaisha, Urimpiassha, tura Ashí Yus-shuar niijiai pujuinia nu amikmaatruatarum.
SpanishSaludad a Filólogo y a Julia, a Nereo y a la hermana de él, a Olimpas y a todos los santos que están con ellos.
SwahiliNisalimieni Filologo na Yulia, Nerea na dada yake, na Olumpa, pamoja na watu wote wa Mungu walio pamoja nao.
SwedishHälsen Filologus och Julia, Nereus och hans syster och Olympas och alla de heliga som äro tillsammans med dem.
Thaiขอฝากความคิ"ถึงมายังฟีโลโลกัส ยูเลีย และเนเรอัสกับน้องสาวของเขาและโอลิมปัสกับบรร"าวิสุทธิชนที่อยู่กับคนเหล่านั้น
Ukrainian'ітайте Філолога та Юлію, Нірея й сестру його, і Олімпіяна, і всіх святих, що з ними.
UmaTabe-ku hi Filologus pai' Yulia, hi Nereus pai' ompi' bine-na, pai' hi Olimpas hante hawe'ea tomepangala' hi Pue' Yesus to dohe-ra.

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Anagrams: Nereus

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ensure, enures.

Words within the letters "e-e-n-r-s-u"

-1 letter: ensue, enure, ernes, nurse, reuse, runes, sneer.

-2 letters: erne, erns, rees, rues, rune, runs, ruse, seen, seer, sene, sere, suer, sure, urns, user.

-3 letters: ens, ere, ern, ers, nee, nus, ree, res, rue, run, see, sen, ser, sue, sun, uns, urn, use.

-4 letters: en, er, es, ne, nu, re, un, us.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-n-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: censure, endures, ensured, ensurer, ensures, neuters, retunes, tenures, tureens, unfrees, unreels.

 

+2 letters: anureses, censured, censurer, censures, cerumens, coenures, dentures, denuders, enquires, ensurers, enureses, enuresis, esurient, generous, gerenuks, guernsey, insecure, lucernes, muenster, nervules, nervures, neurines, neurones, neuroses, penuries, pureness, reinfuse, reinsure, resupine, retinues, reunites, revenues, rudeness, sauterne, sederunt, seigneur, sinecure, sneerful, squireen, subgenre, sullener, sundered, sunderer, supermen, sureness, trueness, undersea, underset, uneasier, unerased, universe, unnerves, unreeves, unrested, unseared, unserved, unsphere, unversed, uredines, ventures.

 

+3 letters: aleurones, brunettes, burdeners, ceintures, censurers, centuries, ceruleans, cinereous, coendures, crudeness, cruelness, debunkers, dejeuners, denatures, deuterons, dungarees, durnedest, enclosure, encrusted, encumbers, enquiries, entrusted, enuretics, erogenous, erroneous, estuarine, esurience, expungers, fluorenes, fourteens, frequents, genitures, greenbugs, guernseys, gunneries, interfuse, junketers, licensure, maneuvers, merengues, meringues, muensters, mutineers, nonsecure, numberers, numerates, nunneries, nurseries, outpreens, parvenues, perilunes, preunites, prudences, prunelles, queerness, quenchers, refunders, refusenik, reinduces, reinfused, reinfuses, reinjures, reinsured, reinsurer, reinsures, relumines, renatures, renounces, renumbers, replunges, resentful, resounded, resurgent, returnees, returners, reunifies, reuniters, revenuers, rousement, rufescent, sauntered, saunterer, sauternes, scunnered, sederunts, seigneurs, seigneury, sequencer, sinecures, spelunker, squireens, subcenter, subgenera, subgenres, sunderers, sunscreen, sunseeker, superfine, supergene, supervene, surrender, suspender, suspenser, tenebrous, tunnelers, turneries, uncreates, underages, underdoes, undereats, undergoes, underlets, underlies, underseas, undersell, undersets, underside, undersize, underused, undesired, undressed, undresses, unfetters, unfreezes, universes, unpressed, unreelers, unreserve, unrevised, unscrewed, unsecured, unsphered, unspheres, unsterile, untethers, urethanes, urgencies, venturers.

 

+4 letters: adventures, anestruses, arenaceous, aubergines, augmenters, banqueters, blunderers, buccaneers, burdensome, calentures, censurable, centaureas, centauries, countersue, cullenders, currencies, cursedness, curtnesses, debentures, deerhounds, demeanours, demureness, denouncers, dournesses, enclosures, encounters, encourages, endeavours, endurances, enraptures, enshrouded, entourages, enumerates, enuresises, epicureans, equestrian, esuriences, esuriently, eutherians, expounders, extraneous, fenugreeks, frequences, frumenties, frutescent, fullerenes, furmenties, generously, gerundives, greenhouse, greenstuff, guarantees, huntresses, impureness, indentures, insecurely, insurgence, interfused, interfuses, interludes, inurements, journalese, journeyers, junketeers, launderers, lebensraum, licensures, manoeuvres, maunderers, menstruate, mensurable, nebulizers, negritudes, neuritides, neuritises, neutralise, numberless, numeracies, nurserymen, overinsure, plunderers, prenumbers, prepunches, pruriences, purenesses, purulences, putrescent, putrescine, quercetins, questioner, quickeners, rebounders, reconquers, reconquest, recounters, refluences, refuseniks, reinjuries, reinsurers, relaunches, rendezvous, renouncers, requesting, resecuring, resummoned, resupinate, resurgence, rousements, rudenesses, ruefulness, ruggedness, saunterers, scrutineer, securement, secureness, sequencers, sideburned, snuggeries, sournesses, southerner, spelunkers, spruceness, squandered, squanderer, squareness, subcenters, subentries, sufferance, sundresses, sunscreens, sunseekers, superagent, superbness, superclean, supergenes, superliner, supernovae, superplane, supervened, supervenes, superwomen, surenesses, surrenders, suspenders, suspensers, tenebrious, terminuses, thunderers, tremendous, truenesses, trusteeing, turgencies, turgescent, ultradense, unanswered, unbreeches, uncensored, uncensured, unclearest, uncorseted, underfeeds, underlines, undermines, underrates, underscore, undersells, undersexed, undersides, undersized, understate, understeer, undertakes, undertaxes, undertones, underwires, undeserved, unescorted, unforeseen, unforested, unfreedoms, ungenerous, uninterest, unmeasured, unobserved, unreadiest, unreasoned, unreserved, unreserves, unresolved, unrestored, unripeness, unscreened, unseemlier, unsoldered, unsteadier, unstressed, unstresses, unwreathes, utterances, virulences, volunteers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nereus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 65 72 65 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    .    .-.    .    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#101 &#114 &#101 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0065 0072 0065 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

487184718785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Names: Derived from
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Bible Trace
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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