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

  • περὶ τοῦ πρὸσ Αἰκανοὺσ καὶ Σαβίνουσ πολέμου συνεκαλέσαμεν ὑμᾶσ, ὦ βουλή, διαγνωσομένουσ, καὶ λόγον ἀπεδώκαμεν ἅπασι τοῖσ βουλομένοισ ἀπὸ τῶν πρώτων ἄχρι τῶν νεωτάτων ἐν τῷ προσήκοντι καλοῦντεσ ἕκαστον τόπῳ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 21 6:1)
  • εἰ γάρ τισ αὐτίκα δὴ μάλ’ εἴποι ὡσ ἐκ τῶν νεωτάτων ἢ τῶν πλουσιωτάτων ἢ τῶν λελῃτουργηκότων ἢ τῶν τοιούτων τι μερῶν ἀφορίσασ, τοὺσ λέγοντασ εἶναι δεῖ, ἀποκτείναιτ’ ἂν αὐτὸν εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι, ὡσ καταλύοντα τὸν δῆμον, καὶ δικαίωσ ἂν τοῦτο ποιήσαιτε. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 35:2)
  • ἐκ τῶν νεωτάτων ἢ ἐκ τῶν γεραιτάτων ἢ ἐξ ἀκμαζόντων ὅτι μάλιστα; (Plato, Republic, book 5 234:2)
  • διακονοῦνται δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν νεωτάτων παίδων ἐχόντων ἡλικίαν, ἀρρένων τε καὶ θηλειῶν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 28 4:2)
  • ἐπὶ ταύτην δὴ αὐτὸσ ἀναβαίνει, ἐπιτηδεύσασ ὅκωσ ἀπὸ τέκνων ὡσ νεωτάτων ἀποσπάσασ ζεύξει. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 102 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. most recent

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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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