νέος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">νέα</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">νέη, νέον</b>; Ion. νεῖος (q.v.): [fem. <b class="b3">νέας</b> as monosyll., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>327</span> (lyr.); contr. fem. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> νῆ <span class="bibl">Xenoph.42</span> (= <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>9</span>), Eugaeon (?) <span class="bibl">1</span>]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[young]], [[youthful]] (of children, youths, and of men at least as old as <span class="bibl">30</span>, v. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.35</span>), ν. πάϊς <span class="bibl">Od.4.665</span>; κοῦροι ν. <span class="bibl">Il.13.95</span>; ν. ἀνήρ <span class="bibl">23.589</span>: alone, νέοι [[youths]], <span class="bibl">1.463</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>281</span>, etc.: later mostly with Art., οἱ νέοι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1059</span>, etc.: prov., <b class="b3">ὁ ν. ἔσται ν</b>. 'boys will be boys', <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>910.3</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ν</b>., corporately organized, <span class="title">SIG</span>831.8 (Pergam., ii A.D.), etc.; opp. <b class="b3">ἔφηβοι, παῖδες</b>, ib.589.38 (Magn.Mae., ii B.C.): opp. γέρων, ἠμὲν νέοι ἠδὲ γέροντες <span class="bibl">Il.2.789</span>, etc.; ἢ ν. ἠὲ παλαιός <span class="bibl">14.108</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.1.395</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">γεραίτερος</b>, <span class="bibl">3.24</span>; opp. <b class="b3">προγενέστερος</b>, <span class="bibl">2.29</span>; opp. <b class="b3">γεραιός</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>1.7</span>; <b class="b3">εὐθὺς ἐκ νέου ἐθίζειν</b> from <b class="b2">youth upwards</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>510d</span>, etc.; ἐκ νέων παίδων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>887d</span>; ἐκ νέων ἐθίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1103b24</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ νέας</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ψυχῆς</b>) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>409a</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ν</b>., = [[νεότης]], [[youth]] (in the abstract), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1229</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>545</span>: also in concrete sense, <b class="b3">τὸ ν. ἅπαν</b> all <b class="b2">young creatures</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>653d</span>; οὐ δύναται τὸ ν. ἡσυχάζειν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1340b29</span>; σκιρτητικὸν τὸ ν. <span class="bibl">Corn. <span class="title">ND</span>20</span>; also, of [[minors]], νέου ὄντος ἔτι <span class="bibl">Th.1.107</span>; cf. [[νεώτερος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> rarely of animals and plants, <b class="b3">ὄρπηκες, ἔρνος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.21.38</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.163</span>; οἱ ν. τῶν νεβρῶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>9.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">suited to a youth, youthful</b>, ἄεθλοι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.43</span>; ν. θράσος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>744</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">ν. φροντίς</b> [[youthful]] spirits, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>48</span>; νέαις ταῖς διανοίαις χρωμένους <span class="bibl">Lys.24.16</span>; of persons, ἄφρων νέος τε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>489</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>378a</span>; ν. τε καὶ ὀξύς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>463e</span> (but διαφέρει οὐδὲν ν. τὴν ἡλικίαν ἢ τὸ ἦθος νεαρός <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1095a6</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[new]], [[fresh]], ν. θάλαμος <span class="bibl">Il.17.36</span>; ν. ἄλγος <span class="bibl">6.462</span>; νέῳ… κόλλοπι <span class="bibl">Od.21.407</span> (this sense elsewh. in Hom. only in Adv. <b class="b3">νέον</b>, v. infr.); λίνον <span class="bibl">Alc.15</span> (dub.); πόνοι… νέοι παλαιοῖσι συμμιγεῖς κακοῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>740</span> (lyr.), etc.; οἶνος ν. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>916</span>; ἐν τοῖς μουσικοῖς τὰ ν. [μέλη] εὐδοκιμεῖ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.38</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ν</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">σελήνη</b>) the [[new]] moon, esp. in phrase <b class="b3">ἕνη καὶ νέα</b>, v. [[ἕνος]] <span class="bibl">2</span>; but <b class="b3">μηνὸς τῇ ν</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">ἡμέρᾳ</b>) <b class="b2">on the first day</b> of the month, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>849b</span>; ν. ἦμαρ <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1479</span>: in this sense rarely of persons, ὁ ν. ταγὸς μακάρων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>96</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>960</span>; οἱ ν. θεοί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>721</span>; cf. [[νεώτερος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of events, etc., [[new]], with collat. notion of <b class="b2">unexpected, strange, untoward, evil</b>, <b class="b3">τί ν</b>.; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>85</span> (anap.); προσδοκῶ τι γὰρ ν. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>99</span>; <b class="b3">μῶν τι βουλεύῃ ν</b>.; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1229</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">554</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>794</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>362</span>. <span class="bibl">Th.5.50</span>. etc.: ἀπροσδοκήτους καὶ ν. λόγους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>712</span>; καινὰ ν. τ' ἄχη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>665</span> (lyr.): this sense is more common in Comp., v. [[νεώτερος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> neut. <b class="b3">νέον</b> as Adv. of Time, <b class="b2">lately, just now</b>, opp. both to distant past and present, παῖδα ν. γεγαῶτα <span class="bibl">Od.19.400</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.3.394</span>; ν. κρατεῖν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 35</span>,<span class="bibl">955</span>, etc.: also used Adverbially with the Art., <b class="b3">καὶ τὸ πάλαι</b> (v.l. [[παλαιόν]]) καὶ τὸ ν. <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.26</span>: in Prose <b class="b3">νεωστί</b> (q.v.): rarely Comp. Adv. <b class="b3">νεωτέρως</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>907c</span>: Sup. νεώτατα <b class="b2">most recently</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.7</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐκ νέας</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">αὖτις ἐκ νέης</b>, [[anew]], [[afresh]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.60</span>, <span class="bibl">5.116</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span>. the degrees of Comp. are <b class="b3">νεώτερος, νεώτατος</b>, v. [[νεώτερος]]: <b class="b3">νεαίτερος</b> is corrupt for <b class="b3">νεαίρετος</b> in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>330</span>. (<b class="b3">νέϝος</b> (in <b class="b3">νεϝόστατος</b>, q.v.), cf. Skt. [[návas]], Lat. [[novus]], etc.)</span>