noun #2037

Neptūnus

gen. Neptūni · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

Zend, nāpita, wet; Sanscr. nepa, water; Gr. root, νιπ-, νιβ-, νίφω, χέρνιψ; cf. nimbus, rain-cloud

Neptune, the god of the sea and of other waters, brother of Jupiter and husband of Amphitrite ••

Neptune, the god of the sea and of other waters, brother of Jupiter and husband of Amphitrite: Neptuno gratis habeo et tempestatibus, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 2: allocutus summi deum regis fratrem Neptunum, regnatorem Marum, Naev. 3, 2; 2, 21: omnipotens Neptune, Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72 (Com. Rel. v. 118 Rib.): Neptunus salsipotens et multipotens, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 1: ut Portumnus a portu, sic Neptunus a nando, paulum primis litteris immutatis, Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66; 3, 24, 62: Neptunum deum numeras, id. ib. 3, 17, 43; 3, 20, 52: caeruleos oculos esse Neptuni, id. ib. 1, 30, 83; Verg. A. 3, 74: uterque, who presides over the salt and fresh waters, Cat. 31, 3: Neptunus pater, Gell. 5, 12, 5: haec ad Neptuni pecudes condimenta sunt, food for fishes, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 44.—

by extension

The sea poetic •

The sea (poet.): credere se Neptuno, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 2; 2, 3, 42: Neptuni corpus acerbum, Lucr. 2, 472; Verg. G. 4, 29: hibernus, Hor. Epod. 17, 55.—*

A fish

A fish, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 58 Müll. (Com. Rel. v. 121 Rib.).

Perseus ID: n30771 Key: Neptunus