Nerio

Nērĭo, ēnis, or Nērĭēnes, is, or Nērĭēnē, ēs, or Nēria, ae, f. [a Sabine word which signified bravery; v. Nero; hence, personified, in the Roman mythology],

• the companion and wife of Mars; nom. Nerio, Gell. 13, 22, 4; Mart. Cap. 1, § 4; acc.: Mars salutat Nerienem uxorem suam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 34 (515): Nerienes, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 22, 4 (Sat. Men. 83, 1): Neria Martis, Cn. Gell. ap. Gell. 13, 22, 13: nolo ego Neaeram te vocent, sed Nerienem, Licinius Imbrex ap. Gell. l. l. fin.

Nerio, ēnis, f., sabin. Wort = die Starke (wie Nero sabin. = fortis), in der röm. Sage die Begleiterin, selbst Gattin des Mars, Nom. Gell. 13, 22, 4: Genet. Mart. Cap. 1. § 4: Akk. Enn. ann. 104. Plaut. truc. 515. – Nbf. Neria, f., Cn. Gell. ann. fr. b. Gell. 13, 22, 13, u. Neriēnis, f., Varro sat. Men. 506 (vgl. Gell. 13, 22, 4 sqq., wo übh. über Nerio u. seine Nebenformen ausführlich gehandelt wird).

Nĕrĭō, ĭēnis, v. Neria.

Nerio , Neriene

or Nerienis, wife of the Roman god Mars. Very little is known about her, and the ancients themselves were doubtful as to the correct form of her name, though Gellius (13.22) prefers Nerio, which is analogous with Anio. The name is said to be of Sabine origin, and to be synonymous with virtus or fortitudo. (Plaut. Truc. 2.6. 24; Martian. Cap. 3; L. Lydus, de Mens. 4.42.) [L.S]