νεωτερίζω
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
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A -ιῶ Th.4.51: (νεώτερος 11):—makeinnovations, περὶ γυμναστικὴν καὶ μουσικήν Pl.R.424b; ἐν ταῖς παιδιαῖς Id.Lg.798c; of climatic change, ν. ἐς τὴν ἀσθένειαν change [health] into sickness, Th.7.87. 2 freq. with an implication of violence, use forcible measures, μὴ σφῶν πέρι ν. μηδέν Id.1.58; ἔς τινάς τι ν. Id.4.51; ἐς οὐδένα οὐδὲν ἐνεωτέριζον Id.2.3, cf. X.HG2.1.5, D.23.133; ν. περί τινα Isoc.Ep.7.9:—also in Med., take the law into one's own hands, POxy. 237 vi3 (ii A.D.). II esp. attempt political changes, make revolutionary movements, τοῖς ἀτυχοῦσι νεωτερίζειν συμφέρει Antipho 2.4.9; ἀπὸ μόνης ν. τῆς ἀσπίδος Critias 37 D.; πρὸς τοὺς ξυμμάχους νεωτερίζοντας Th.1.97, cf. 102; ν. ἔργῳ Id.3.66; νεωτερίζειν ἐβούλετο ἐς τὸ πλῆθος Lys.20.16; τὸ νεωτερίζον the revolutionary party, J.BJProoem. 2; νεωτερίσαι τὴν πολιτείαν revolutionize the state, Th.1.115:—Pass., ἐνεωτερίζετο τὰ περὶ τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Id.8.73, cf. 4.76.
