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|Definition=ἡ, also [[νεός]] X. (v. infr.), <span class="title">SIG</span>963.8 (Amorgos, iv B.C.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fallow land]], νειοῖο βαθείης <span class="bibl">Il.10.353</span>; <b class="b3">ν. τρίπολος</b> a [[thrice-ploughed]] [[fallow]], <span class="bibl">18.541</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.127</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>971</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>175</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μὴ καρπίζεσθαι τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ νειὸν ποιεῖν</b> [[rejuvenate]] it, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>4.8.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.8.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HP</span>8.7.2</span>; νειὸν ἄρουραν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>463</span>; of a mare, ἕνα ἐνιαυτὸν… ἀνάγκη διαλείπειν καὶ ποιεῖν ὥσπερ νειόν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>577a2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[plough]]ing and [[sow]]ing of [[land]] to [[reinvigorate]] it, νειὸς ἀμείνων ἡ χειμέριος τῆς ἐαρινῆς <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.6.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀρίστη νειὸς ἀπὸ τῶν κυάμων</b> prob. cj. ib.<span class="bibl">8.7.2</span>; εἰς νειὸν ἀροῦν <span class="title">Gp.</span>3.6.7, 3.11.8; τῷ σπόρῳ νεὸν δεῖ ὑπεργάζεσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>16.10</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>l. c.:—also νέα, ἡ, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.20.7</span>, <span class="title">IG</span> 22.334.17; also παρασκάψει τὴν γῆν νειάν <span class="title">SIG</span>963.46. (Cf. OSlav. njiva '[[field]]'.)</span>