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|Definition=Att.fut.<br><span class="bld">A</span> -ιῶ Th.4.51: (νεώτερος ''ΙΙ''):—[[make innovations]], περὶ γυμναστικὴν καὶ μουσικήν Pl.''R.''424b; ἐν ταῖς παιδιαῖς Id.''Lg.''798c; of [[climatic]] [[change]], [[νεωτερίζω ἐς τὴν ἀσθένειαν]] = [[change health into sickness]], Th.7.87.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. with an implication of violence, [[use forcible measures]], μὴ σφῶν πέρι ν. μηδέν Id.1.58; ἔς τινάς τι ν. Id.4.51; ἐς οὐδένα οὐδὲν ἐνεωτέριζον Id.2.3, cf. X.''HG''2.1.5, D.23.133; ν. περί τινα Isoc.''Ep.''7.9:—also in Med., [[take the law into one's own hands]], POxy. 237 vi3 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> esp. [[attempt political changes]], [[make revolutionary movements]], τοῖς ἀτυχοῦσι [[νεωτερίζειν]] συμφέρει Antipho 2.4.9; ἀπὸ μόνης ν. τῆς ἀσπίδος Critias 37 D.; πρὸς τοὺς ξυμμάχους νεωτερίζοντας Th.1.97, cf. 102; ν. ἔργῳ Id.3.66; νεωτερίζειν ἐβούλετο ἐς τὸ [[πλῆθος]] Lys.20.16; [[τὸ νεωτερίζον]] = the [[revolutionary party]], J.''BJProoem.'' 2; [[νεωτερίσαι τὴν πολιτείαν]] [[revolutionize]] the [[state]], Th.1.115:—Pass., ἐνεωτερίζετο τὰ περὶ τὴν [[ὀλιγαρχία]]ν Id.8.73, cf. 4.76.