νεανίας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=νεανίου, Ep. and Ion. [[νεηνίης]], εω, ὁ, dat. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> νεανίοις ''IG''9(2).205.25 (Phthiotis, iii B.C.): ([[νεάν]]):—[[young man]], Hom. (only in Od.) always with ἀνήρ, νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς Od.10.278; ἄνδρες κοιμήσαντο νεηνίαι 14.524; παῖδες νεηνίαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.61, cf.7.99; νεανίας [[γαμβρός]] Pi.''O.''7.4; τέκτονες κώμων ν. Id.''N.''3.5: without a Subst. in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.37,43, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]'' 335, ''El.''750, E.''Alc.''698, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.1.2, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. with the sense of a [[youth]] in [[character]], i.e. either in good sense, [[impetuous]], [[active]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''1041, cf. Ar.''V.''1333, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.3.6, D.18.313; or in bad sense, [[hot-headed]], [[wilful]], [[headstrong]], E.''Supp.''580; ἓν μὲν τοίνυν τοῦτο… πολίτευμα τοῦ νεανίου τούτου D.18.136, cf. Pl.''Sph.''239d.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as masc. Adj., [[youthful]], νεανίαι τὰς ὄψεις Lys.10.29.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, etc., [[new]], [[young]], [[fresh]], νεανίαις ὤμοισι E.''Hel.''1562; ν. θώρακα καὶ βραχίονα Id.''HF''1095; [[ἄρτος]] Ar.''Lys.''1207; [[νεανίαι λόγοι]] = [[rash]], [[wilful]] [[word]]s, E.''Alc.''679. [νεανιῶν is trisyll. in Ar.''V.''1069; cf. [[νεανικός]].]