νέατος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), Ep. [[νείατος]], η, ον, ''poet.'' Sup., [[uttermost]], [[lowest]], Hom. (who uses the <b class="b3">νει-</b> form exc. in Il.11.712, 9.153, 295), always of Space, the lowest part of... <b class="b3">ν. ἀνθερεών, κενεών, ὦμος</b>, Il.5.293,857, 15.341; [[extreme]], [[outermost]], ὄρχος Od.7.127; ἀστράγαλος Il.14.466; ν. πείρατα γαίης 8.478; <b class="b3">ὑπαὶ πόδα ν. Ἴδης</b> the [[lowest]] slope of Ida, 2.824; ἐκ ν. πυθμένος εἰς κορυφήν Sol.13.10; <b class="b3">πόδες ν.</b> the feet, Orac. ap.Hdt.7.140; νείατον ἰνίον A.R.3.763, cf. 2.166: c. gen., ν. ἄλλων Il.6.295; <b class="b3">πόλις νεάτη Πύλου</b> [[on the border]] of Pylos, 11.712; πᾶσαι δ' ἐγγὺς ἁλὸς νέαται Πύλου ἠμαθόεντος 9.153,295 (wrongly expld. ap.Sch. as 3pl. pres. ind. (like [[κέαται]]) of [[ναίω]], to [[be situated]]):—rare in Prose, τὰς νεάτας πλευράς Hp.''Int.''27, and cf. [[νεάτη]]; contr. νῆτος· [[ἔσχατος]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; Arc. νήατος ''Schwyzer'' 664.10 (Orchom. Arc., iv B.C.). (The orig. form may be [[νήατος]]; with [[νείατος]], [[νέατος]], cf. [[εἵαται]], [[ἕαται]] (v. [[ἧμαι]]), [[εἵως]], [[ἕως]], etc.; cf. <b class="b3">νήϊστος, νείαιρα, νειόθεν, νειόθι</b>.)<br><br>(B), η, ον, ''poet.'' (post-Hom.) Sup. of [[νέος]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[latest]], [[last]], ν. γέννημα S.''Ant.''627 (anap.); <b class="b3">τὰν ν. ὁδὸν στείχουσαν, ν. δὲ φέγγος λεύσσουσαν</b> ib.807 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τίς ἄρα νέατος… λήξει</b>; i.e. <b class="b3">ὥστε νέατος γενέσθαι</b>, Id.''Aj.''1185 (lyr.): neut. [[νέατον]] as adverb, [[for the last time]], E.''Tr.''201 (lyr.).