νεότης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. -τας, ητος, ἡ, (νέος) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[youth]], ἐκ νεότητος… ἐς γῆρας <span class="bibl">Il. 14.86</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>10.20</span>, etc.; ἀτέμβονται νεότητος <span class="bibl">Il.23.445</span>; <b class="b3">ἐρατὴν γὰρ ἀπωλέσαμεν νεότητα</b>, i.e. we died young, <span class="bibl">Simon.89</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>637</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>149</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν νεότατι, ἐπὶ νεότητος</b>, in one's [[youth]], <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 12.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1199</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>214</span>: in plural, αἱ ν. ἄφρονες <span class="title">AP</span>9.359 (Posidipp. or Pl.Com. or Crates); <b class="b3">αἱ ν. ῥωμαλέαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">360</span> (Metrod.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[youthful spirit]], [[impetuosity]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.13</span>: in bad sense, [[youthful folly]], [[insolence]], ἀκολασίᾳ καὶ ν. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>26e</span>; ν. καὶ ἄνοια <span class="bibl">And.2.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> collective, = [[νεολαία]], [[body of youth]], especially of military or athletic age, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).75</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.3</span>, <span class="bibl">9.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">20</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in Crete, νεότας, [[ἁ]], acc. [[νεότα]], gen. [[νεότας]], [[board of officials representing the]] [[νέοι]] (cf. [[νέος]] <span class="bibl">1.1</span>), <span class="title">GDI</span>5012.6, <span class="title">SIG</span>525.9 (Gortyn, iii B.C.).</span>