νειός

English (LSJ)

ἡ, also νεός X. (v. infr.), SIG963.8 (Amorgos, iv B.C.),

   A fallow-land, νειοῖο βαθείης Il.10.353; ν. τρίπολος a thrice-ploughed fallow, 18.541, Od.5.127, Hes.Th.971, cf. Call.Dian.175, etc.; μὴ καρπίζεσθαι τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ νειὸν ποιεῖν rejuvenate it, Thphr.CP4.8.1, cf. 4.8.3, HP8.7.2; νειὸν ἄρουραν Hes.Op.463; of a mare, ἕνα ἐνιαυτὸν . . ἀνάγκη διαλείπειν καὶ ποιεῖν ὥσπερ νειόν Arist.HA577a2.    2 ploughing and sowing of land to reinvigorate it, νειὸς ἀμείνων ἡ χειμέριος τῆς ἐαρινῆς Thphr.HP8.6.3; ἡ ἀρίστη νειὸς ἀπὸ τῶν κυάμων prob. cj. ib.8.7.2; εἰς νειὸν ἀροῦν Gp.3.6.7, 3.11.8; τῷ σπόρῳ νεὸν δεῖ ὑπεργάζεσθαι X.Oec.16.10, cf. SIGl. c.:—also νέα, ἡ, Thphr.CP3.20.7, IG 22.334.17; also παρασκάψει τὴν γῆν νειάν SIG963.46. (Cf. OSlav. njiva 'field'.)