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Neptūnĭus, a, um, adj. [Neptunus], of or belonging to Neptune, Neptunian; poet. for sea-, marine: Neptunia Troja, surrounded with walls by Neptune, Verg. A. 2, 625; 3, 3: proles, id. ib. 7, 691: heros, i. e. Theseus, as the son of Neptune, Ov. H. 4, 109; id. M. 9, 1: dux, i. e. Sex. Pompeius, who called himself the adopted son of Neptune, Hor. Epod. 9, 7 Schol. Cruq.: Aetneae Neptunius incola rupis, i. e. Cyclops, the son of Neptune, Tib. 4, 1, 56: cuspis, the irident, Luc. 7, 147: loca, i. e. the sea, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 3; so, arva, Verg. A. 8, 695: pistrix, i. e. marina, Cic. Arat. 440.

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

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. 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.
    2. * B. A fish, Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 58 Müll. (Com. Rel. v. 121 Rib.).