νεώτερος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, Comp. of <b class="b3">νέος</b>, of persons, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[younger]], γενεῆφι ν. Il. <span class="bibl">21.439</span>; ὢν φύσει ν. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1295</span>; [[too young]], <span class="bibl">Od.21.132</span>; [[a minor]], <span class="bibl">Th. 3.26</span>; οἱ ν. [[men of military age]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.50</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ πρεσβύτερόν τε καὶ τὸ ν</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">64</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">οἱ ν. τῶν πεπραγμένων</b> those who are [[too young to remember]] the events, <span class="bibl">D.18.50</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ν</b>. the [[new school]], of poets, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>7.2.1</span>; of poets later than Homer, Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.16.574</span>, <span class="bibl">24.257</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Sup., γενεῇ δὲ νεώτατος ἔσκον ἁπάντων <span class="bibl">Il.7.153</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ ν. δημοκρατία</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἡ πατρία δ</b>., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1305a29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of events, [[newer]], [[more recent]], νεώτερον κακόν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.155</span>; <b class="b2">of recent origin</b>, Δημόκριτος μουσικήν φησι ν. εἶναι Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.108K.: metaph., [[later]], [[worse]], ν. βούλευμα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 560</span>; <b class="b3">νεώτερον πρήσσειν</b> contrive [[calamity]], [[injury]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.106</span>: freq. with τι, ἤν τι καταλαμβάνῃ ν. τὸν πεζὸν [στρατόν] <span class="bibl">Id.8.21</span>; δέδοικα μή τι δρᾷ ν. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>338</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>107.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.40</span>; <b class="b3">μή τι ν. ἀγγέλλεις</b>; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310b</span>; νεώτερόν τι ποιεῖν ἔς τινα <span class="bibl">Th.1.132</span>; κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.142</span>; περὶ πόλιν Ἑλλάδα <span class="bibl">Id.5.93</span>; νεώτερα βουλεύειν περί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.1.210</span>; μηδὲν νεώτερον ποιεῖν περὶ ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Th.2.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> freq. of rebellion or violent revolution, ν. τι ποιέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.35</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ν. πρήγματα πρήξειν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">19</span>; νεωτέρων πραγμάτων ἐπιθυμεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.59</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.2.9</span>, etc.</span>