Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νεανθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεανθής νεανθές

Structure: νεανθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/nqos

Sense

  1. new-blown

Examples

  • Νεάνθη τὸν Κυζικηνὸν ἔφη λέγειν ἐν τοῖσ κατὰ πόλιν μυθικοῖσ, ὅτι τῇ Αἰαντίδι φυλῇ γέρασ ὑπῆρχε τὸ μὴ κρίνεσθαι τὸν αὐτῆσ χορὸν ἔσχατον· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 5:2)
  • πρὸσ γὰρ Νεάνθη τὸν Κυζικηνὸν φιλοτιμοτέρωσ ἀντιλέγων εἰπόντα ὅτι οἱ Ἀργοναῦται πλέοντεσ εἰσ Φᾶσιν τὸν ὑφ’ Ὁμήρου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὁμολογούμενον πλοῦν ἱδρύσαντο τὰ τῆσ Ἰδαίασ μητρὸσ ἱερὰ περὶ Κύζικον, ἀρχὴν φησὶ μηδ’ εἰδέναι τὴν εἰσ Φᾶσιν ἀποδημίαν τοῦ Ιἄσονοσ Ὅμηρον. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 76:2)

Synonyms

  1. new-blown

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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