Nereid

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

Any one of the fifty sea-nymphs who were daughters of the sea-god Nereus and attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.

Name

One of the satellites of the planet Neptune.

Έννοιες

Νηρηίδα

νεράιδα

νηρηίδα

Συνώνυμα

brownie

fairy

🧚

fay

mermaid

🧜‍♀️

naiad

nix

nymph

pixy

sylph

undine

water nymph

Μεταφράσεις

Nereida

Néréide

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Nereide

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Nereida

Nereïde

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Nereide

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Nereid

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Nereus”. By surface analysis, Nereus + -id.