νεωτερίζω

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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.