νεανίας: Difference between revisions

|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):—[[young man]], 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 [[a youth]] 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>. [[[νεανιῶν]] is trisyll. in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1069</span>; cf. [[νεανικός]].]</span>