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|Definition=ή, όν, ([[νεάν]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[youthful]], ῥώμη Ar.''V.''1067: mostly of youthful qualities: hence,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[fresh]], [[active]], [[vigorous]], [[fine]], νεανικώτατε Id.''Eq.''611; <b class="b3">κρέας νεανικόν</b> a [[fine]] [[large]] [[piece]], Id.''Pl.''1137; λοπάς Alex.188.2; of trees, Thphr.''HP''5.1.11 (Comp.); νεανικώτερα ἀγαθά = more [[splendid]], Pl.''R.''363c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[high-spirited]], [[impetuous]], [[gay]], <b class="b3">τὸ νεανικώτατον</b> the most [[dashing]] [[feat]], Ar.''V.''1205; ἀρχὴ καλὴ καὶ ν. Pl.''R.''563e; γενναῖον καὶ νεανικόν ἔρωτα Id.''Ly.''204e; ν. τε καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεῖς τὰς διανοίας Id.''R.''503c; μέγα καὶ ν. φρόνημα D.3.32; οὐ γὰρ ἡγεῖτο λαμπρὸν οὐδὲ ν. Id.21.131, cf. 201.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in bad sense, [[headstrong]], [[insolent]], τὸ ν. τοῦ λόγου Pl.''Grg.''508d; <b class="b3">ἢ σοῦ τις -ώτερος</b> ib.509a; δημοκρατία ἡ νεανικωτάτη Arist.''Pol.''1296a4.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of things, [[vehement]], [[mighty]], ψῦξις νεανικωτάτη Hp.''VM''16; [[αἱμορραγία]] Id.''Prorrh.'' 1.134; [[φόβος]] E.''Hipp.''1204; [[βούλευμα]] Id.''Fr.''185.6: freq. in later Prose, ἐπιθυμία ν. Arist.''EN''1148a21; [[βροντή]] Id.''HA''602b23; [[νόσημα]] ib.602b29; χειμών Thphr.''Ign.''17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[νεανικῶς]] = [[in a youthful manner]], ἐστείλαμεν ἑαυτοὺς νεανικῶς X.Eph.5.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[vigorously]], Ar.''Pax'' 898; νεανικῶς βοηθεῖν τινι Pl.''Tht.''168c; βιαίως καὶ νεανικῶς Dsc.1.56; of things, Ph.''Bel.''78.29: Comp. νεανικωτέρως, [[ἀγαθός]] Phld.''Rh.''2.272 S.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[violently]], [[wantonly]], [[τύπτειν]], [[τωθάζειν]], Ar.''V.''1307, 1362; νεανικῶς [[ἀκόλαστος]] Phld.''Acad.Ind.''p.47 M.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[excessively]], ν. τρομώδεα Hp.''Prorrh.'' 1.9; <b class="b3">νεανικῶς προσπεφυκέναι</b> to [[be firmly attached]] to... Arist.''HA''530a15. νεανικήν is trisyll. in Ar.''V.''1067; cf. [[νεανίας]].]