νεάω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
(νειός)
A plough up, of fallow land, ἢν νεᾶν βούλησθε . . τοὺς ἀγρούς Ar.Nu.1117: metaph., τὰν μέσαν νεῶν ἄρουραν (in music) Pratin.Lyr.5: abs., Eup.13, Thphr.CP3.20.7: aor. 1 subj. νεάσωσι ib.3.20.8:—Pass., νεωμένη (sc. γῆ) land ploughed up, after lying fallow, Hes.Op.462.
German (Pape)
[Seite 235] erneuern, bes. ein neues Land od. Brachland umpflügen, ἀγρούς, Ar. Nub. 1118; absol., Theophr.; νεωμένη, sc. γῆ, neu aufgebrochenes Brachland, Hes. O. 464.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νεάω: (νέος) ἀροτριῶ νέον ἀγρὸν ἢ πρὸς καιρὸν ἀφεθέντα ἀργόν, ἢν νεᾶν βούλησθε... τοὺς ἀγρούς, Λατ. agros novare, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 1117· νεῶν ἄρουραν Πρατίν. 5· ἀπολ., Εὔπολις ἐν «Αἰξὶν» 9, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 3. 20, 7: ἀόρ. α΄ ὑποτ. νεάσωσι αὐτόθι 8. - Παθ. νεωμένη (ἐξυπακ. γῆ) χωράφιον ἐκ νέου ἀροθέν, ἀφ’ οὗ ἐπί τινα καιρὸν ἔμεινεν ἀργόν, «νειάμα», Λατ. novale, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 460. Πρβλ. νεόω.
