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