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|Definition=ου, Ep. and Ion. νεηνίης, εω, ὁ, dat. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> νεανίοις <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).205.25 (Phthiotis, iii B.C.): (νεάν):—<b class="b2">young man</b>, Hom. (only in Od.) always with ἀνήρ, νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς <span class="bibl">Od.10.278</span>; ἄνδρες κοιμήσαντο νεηνίαι <span class="bibl">14.524</span>; παῖδες νεηνίαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.61</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">7.99</span>; ν. γαμβρός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.4</span>; τέκτονες κώμων ν. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>3.5</span>: without a Subst. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.37</span>,<span class="bibl">43</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 335</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>750</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>698</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.1.2</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> freq. with the sense of <b class="b2">a youth</b> in character, i.e. either in good sense, [[impetuous]], [[active]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1041</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1333</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.6</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.313</span>; or in bad sense, <b class="b2">hot-headed, wilful, headstrong</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>580</span>; ἓν μὲν τοίνυν τοῦτο… πολίτευμα τοῦ νεανίου τούτου <span class="bibl">D.18.136</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>239d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as masc. Adj., [[youthful]], νεανίαι τὰς ὄψεις <span class="bibl">Lys.10.29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of things, etc., [[new]], [[young]], [[fresh]], νεανίαις ὤμοισι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1562</span>; ν. θώρακα καὶ βραχίονα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>1095</span>; ἄρτος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1207</span>; <b class="b3">ν. λόγοι</b> [[rash]], [[wilful]] words, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>679</span>. [<b class="b3">νεανιῶν</b> is trisyll. in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1069</span>; cf. [[νεανικός]].]</span>

|etymtx=-ου<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">youth, young strong man</b>, also as adj. [[youthful]], [[strong]], [[wilful]] (Od.).<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">νεηνίης</b>, <b class="b3">-εω</b>.<br />Derivatives: f. <b class="b3">νεᾶνις</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">νεῆνις</b>, contr. <b class="b3">νῆνις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b>, <b class="b3">-ιν</b> [[young lady]], [[girl]] (Il., also LXX); on the formation Schwyzer 464. 1. Hypocoristica : <b class="b3">νεανίσκος</b>, <b class="b3">νεην-</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b> (IA.) with <b class="b3">νεανισκ-εύομαι</b> <b class="b2">be in youth</b> (com., X.), <b class="b3">-εύματα</b> pl. = Lat. [[Iuvenalia]] (D.C.); <b class="b3">νεανισκ-άριον</b> (Arr. Epict.), <b class="b3">-ύδριον</b> (Theognost.). -- 2. Adj.: <b class="b3">νεανικός</b> [[youthful]] (Att., Hp.; on the meaning Chantraine Études 99, 118, 149, Björck <b class="b3">Ἐρμηνεία</b> 66ff.) with <b class="b3">νεανικ-έω</b> <b class="b2">be youthful</b> (Eup.), <b class="b3">-ότης</b> [[youth]] (Sext. Ps.). -- 3. Verbs: <b class="b3">νεανιεύομαι</b>, rarely with prefix as <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">προσ-</b>, <b class="b2">behave youthful or recklessly</b> (Att.) with <b class="b3">νεανίευμα</b> n. <b class="b2">youthful behaviour</b> (Pl.), <b class="b3">νεαν(ι)εία</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ph.); <b class="b3">νεανίζω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Plu., Poll.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Nominal, substantival derivation in <b class="b3">-ίας</b> from <b class="b3">*νεανός</b> v.t., which itself seems to be an expressive enlargement of <b class="b3">νέος</b> after an unknown pattern (cf. <b class="b3">ἀκμη-νός</b>); Chantraine Form. 93, Detschew KZ 63, 229; slightly diff. Lohmann Genus und Sexus (Gött. 1932) 72. Diff. Schwyzer Mél. Boisacq 2, 231 ff.: prop. "young sniffer", compound of <b class="b3">νέος</b> and the verb [[breathe]] in Skt. <b class="b2">ániti</b> (s. <b class="b3">ἄνεμος</b>); agreeing Fraenkel, z.B. Glotta 32, 20 [improbable]. -- To be rejected Grošelj Živa Ant. 6, 57.