Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νεώτατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεώτατος νεώτατη νεώτατον

Structure: νεωτατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Sup. of ne/os

Sense

  1. youngest
  2. most recent

Examples

  • ταῦτ’ εἰπὼν ἦγε διὰ τοῦ δρυμοῦ, καὶ πολὺν ἤδη διεληλυθὼσ τόπον εὑρίσκει κατὰ δαίμονα ἄνδρα ἐξ ἀγροῦ ποθεν ἀπιόντα, ὃν τοῖσ νεωτάτοισ συλλαβεῖν κελεύσασ ἡγεμόνα ποιεῖται τῆσ ὁδοῦ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 46 3:1)
  • καὶ Ξενοφῶν μὲν σὺν τοῖσ νεωτάτοισ ἀνέβαινεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον, τοὺσ δὲ ἄλλουσ ἐκέλευσεν ὑπάγειν, ὅπωσ οἱ τελευταῖοι λόχοι προσμείξειαν, καὶ προελθόντασ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐν τῷ ὁμαλῷ θέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα εἶπε. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 17:1)
  • εἶναι δὲ καὶ ταῦτα ἐν τοῖσ νεωτάτοισ τὰ περὶ τὴν Τροίαν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 46:2)
  • ἦ τοῖσ ἄρτι γεγονόσι καὶ νεωτάτοισ πόνουσ πλείστουσ προστάξομεν; (Plato, Laws, book 7 7:4)
  • Καὶ τοῖσ μὲν νεωτάτοισ παρήγγειλαν μάχαιραν φορεῖν καὶ γρόσφουσ καὶ πάρμην. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 22 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. most recent

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION