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νεογνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεογνός νεογνόν

Structure: νεογν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: contr. for neo/gonos, Hdt., Aesch., etc.

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ νεογνὰ τῶν τέκνων, αἵ τε πρὸσ τούτοισ μητέρεσ καὶ τιθηνοὶ παραλιποῦσαι ἄλλωσ καὶ ἄλλωσ, αἱ μὲν κατ’ οἴκουσ, αἱ δὲ κατὰ τὰσ ἀγυιάσ, ἀνεπιστρέπτωσ εἰσ τὸ πανυπέρτατον ἱερὸν ἠθροίζοντο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:20)
  • ὑστάτην βίου ροπὴν αὐτοῖσ ἐκείνην δόξαντεσ εἶναι τὸ τέλοσ τῆσ ἀθλιωτάτησ προσδοκίασ, εἰσ οἶκτον καὶ γόουσ τραπέντεσ κατεφίλουν ἀλλήλουσ περιπλεκόμενοι τοῖσ συγγενέσιν ἐπὶ τοὺσ τραχήλουσ ἐπιπίπτοντεσ, γονεῖσ παισὶ καὶ μητέρεσ νεάνισιν, ἕτεραι δὲ νεογνὰ πρὸσ μαστοὺσ ἔχουσαι βρέφη τελευταῖον ἕλκοντα γάλα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:49)
  • σὺ δέ, ὦ Ἑρμῆ,^‐ τὰ νεογνὰ ταυτὶ πρῶτα ἐμβαλοῦ· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 5:7)
  • τὸν δράκοντα δέ, ὃσ νῦν ἐξοιστρεῖ αὐτὴν φοβῶν, τὰ νεογνὰ ἐπειδὰν τεχθῇ, αὐτίκα μέτεισι καὶ τιμωρήσει τῇ μητρί. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, iris and poseidon, chapter 25)
  • τὸ δ’ ὀξύχολον καὶ μικραίτιον καὶ πρὸσ ὀργὴν ῥᾴδιον ὑπὲρ τὰ βρεφύλλια τὰ νεογνά· (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 19:7)

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

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