Nerio
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Ancient Roman literature seems to have pointed Nerio as one of two wives of war god Mars, the other being Moles.
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Etymology
The name of the goddess is thought to derive from a Proto-Indo-European root *h₂nḗr-, related to Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, and both pertaining to the semantic field of masculine attributes, such as strength, vigour, valor.
Aulus Gellius, in his book Attic Nights, remarked that her name was a Sabine word meaning 'strength and fortitude'.