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|Definition=α, ον, Comp. of [[νέος]], of persons,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[younger]], γενεῆφι ν. Il. 21.439; ὢν φύσει ν. S.''OC''1295; [[too young]], Od.21.132; a [[minor]], Th. 3.26; οἱ ν. [[men of military age]], Id.5.50; <b class="b3">τὸ πρεσβύτερόν τε καὶ τὸ ν.</b> ib.64: c. gen., <b class="b3">οἱ ν. τῶν πεπραγμένων</b> those who are [[too young to remember]] the events, D.18.50; <b class="b3">οἱ ν.</b> the [[new school]], of poets, Cic.''Att.''7.2.1; of poets later than Homer, Sch.Il.16.574, 24.257.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Sup., γενεῇ δὲ νεώτατος ἔσκον ἁπάντων Il.7.153, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ ν. δημοκρατία</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἡ πατρία δ.</b>, Arist.''Pol.''1305a29.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of events, [[newer]], [[more recent]], νεώτερον κακόν Pi.''P.''4.155; [[of recent origin]], Δημόκριτος μουσικήν φησι ν. εἶναι Phld.''Mus.''p.108K.: metaph., [[later]], [[worse]], ν. βούλευμα S.''Ph.'' 560; <b class="b3">νεώτερον πρήσσειν</b> contrive [[calamity]], [[injury]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.106: freq. with τι, ἤν τι καταλαμβάνῃ ν. τὸν πεζὸν [στρατόν] Id.8.21; δέδοικα μή τι δρᾷ ν. Ar.''Ec.''338, cf. Pi.''Fr.''107.6, Theoc.24.40; <b class="b3">μή τι ν. ἀγγέλλεις</b>; [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 310b; νεώτερόν τι ποιεῖν ἔς τινα Th.1.132; κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.142; περὶ πόλιν Ἑλλάδα Id.5.93; νεώτερα βουλεύειν περί τινος Id.1.210; μηδὲν νεώτερον ποιεῖν περὶ ἀνδρῶν Th.2.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. of rebellion or violent revolution, ν. τι ποιέειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.35, etc.; <b class="b3">ν. πρήγματα πρήξειν</b> ib.19; νεωτέρων πραγμάτων ἐπιθυμεῖν Isoc.7.59, X.''HG''5.2.9, etc.