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

  • τοῦτο δὲ τὸ ὄργανον Νεάνθησ ὁ Κυζικηνὸσ ἐν α ̔̀ Ὥρων εὑρ́ημα εἶναι λέγει Ἰβύκου τοῦ Ῥηγίνου ποιητοῦ, ὡσ καὶ Ἀνακρέοντοσ τὸ βάρβιτον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 77 2:15)
  • κατεχομένησ γὰρ τῆσ πόλεωσ δουλείᾳ τοὺσ φρουροὺσ τοὺσ ἐν αὐτῇ ποτε θύσαντασ, ὡσ ἱστορεῖ Νεάνθησ ἐν τοῖσ Μυθικοῖσ, καὶ μεθυσθέντασ ἑταίρασ πλείονασ προσλαβέσθαι ὧν μίαν κατακοιμηθέντασ αὐτοὺσ ἰδοῦσαν ἀνελομένην τὰσ κλεῖσ καὶ τὸ τεῖχοσ ὑπερβᾶσαν ἀπαγγεῖλαι τοῖσ Ἀβυδηνοῖσ . (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 31 1:2)
  • Νεάνθησ δ’ ὁ Κυζικηνὸσ ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ καὶ τετάρτῃ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν Ἱστοριῶν Εὐτέρπησ αὐτὸν εἶναί φησιν υἱόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 37 2:1)
  • ὃσ μειράκιον ὢν εὔμορφον, Ἐπιμενίδου καθαίροντοσ τὴν Ἀττικὴν ἀνθρωπείῳ αἵματι διά τινα μύση παλαιά, ὡσ ἱστορεῖ Νεάνθησ ὁ Κυζικηνὸσ ἐν β’ περὶ Τελετῶν, ἑκὼν αὑτὸν ἐπέδωκεν ὁ Κρατῖνοσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ θρεψαμένησ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 78 2:5)
  • Νεάνθησ ὁ Κυζικηνὸσ ἐν β’ Ἑλληνικῶν γράφων οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 76 2:5)

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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