Nĕro
ōnis, m.
a Sabine word, = fortis; cf. Nerio = fortitudo; root nar; Sanscr. naras, man; Gr. ἀνήρ; cf. ἠνορέη
I.
a family name in the gens Claudia, whose most famous member was the emperor C. Claudius Nero, Tac. A. lib. 12-16 passim; Suet. Ner. 1 sqq.; Juv. 8, 223; 12, 129 et saep.—
II.
Hence,
A.
Nĕrōnēus, a, um, adj., Neronian: mensem quoque Aprilem Neroneum appellavit, Suet. Ner. 55: unda, Stat. S. 1, 5, 6: certamen, Suet. Vit. 4; so, agon, id. Ner. 12.—
B.
Nĕrōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of Nero, Neronian: Neronianum dictum, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 248: piscina, perh. laid out after the pattern of the fish-ponds of Nero, near Baiæ, Cassiod. Var. 2, 39.—
2.
Nĕrōnĭānus, i, m., a Roman surname: Patrobius Neronianus, Suet. Galb. 20.—
C.
Nĕrōnĭus, a, um, adj., Neronian, Suet. Ner. 12.