νέατος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(B), η, ον, poet. (post-Hom.) Sup. of [[νέος]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[latest]], [[last]], ν. γέννημα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>627</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">τὰν ν. ὁδὸν στείχουσαν, ν. δὲ φέγγος λεύσσουσαν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">807</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τίς ἄρα νέατος… λήξει</b>; i.e. <b class="b3">ὥστε νέατος γενέσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1185</span> (lyr.): neut. [[νέατον]] as adverb, [[for the last time]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>201</span> (lyr.).</span><br /><span class="bld">νέᾰτος</span> (A), Ep. νείᾰτος, η, ον, poet. Sup., [[uttermost]], [[lowest]], Hom. (who uses the <b class="b3">νει-</b> form exc. in <span class="bibl">Il.11.712</span>, <span class="bibl">9.153</span>, <span class="bibl">295</span>), always of Space, <b class="b2">the lowest part of...</b> <b class="b3">ν. ἀνθερεών, κενεών, ὦμος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.293</span>,<span class="bibl">857</span>, <span class="bibl">15.341</span>; [[extreme]], [[outermost]], ὄρχος <span class="bibl">Od.7.127</span>; ἀστράγαλος <span class="bibl">Il.14.466</span>; ν. πείρατα γαίης <span class="bibl">8.478</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπαὶ πόδα ν. Ἴδης</b> the [[lowest]] slope of Ida, <span class="bibl">2.824</span>; ἐκ ν. πυθμένος εἰς κορυφήν <span class="bibl">Sol.13.10</span>; <b class="b3">πόδες ν</b>. the feet, Orac. ap.<span class="bibl">Hdt.7.140</span>; νείατον ἰνίον <span class="bibl">A.R.3.763</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.166</span>: c. gen., ν. ἄλλων <span class="bibl">Il.6.295</span>; <b class="b3">πόλις νεάτη Πύλου</b> [[on the border]] of Pylos, <span class="bibl">11.712</span>; πᾶσαι δ' ἐγγὺς ἁλὸς νέαται Πύλου ἠμαθόεντος <span class="bibl">9.153</span>,<span class="bibl">295</span> (wrongly expld. ap.Sch. as 3pl. pres. ind. (like [[κέαται]]) of [[ναίω]], to [[be situated]]):— rare in Prose, τὰς νεάτας πλευράς <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>27</span>, and cf. [[νεάτη]]; contr. νῆτος· [[ἔσχατος]], Hsch.; Arc. νήατος <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 664.10 (Orchom. Arc., iv B.C.). (The orig. form may be [[νήατος]]; with [[νείατος]], [[νέατος]], cf. [[εἵαται]], [[ἕαται]] (v. [[ἧμαι]]), [[εἵως]], [[ἕως]], etc.; cf. <b class="b3">νήϊστος, νείαιρα, νειόθεν, νειόθι</b>.)