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νεώτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεώτερος νεώτερᾱ νεώτερον

Structure: νεωτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: comp. of ne/os

Sense

  1. younger, the younger sort, men of military age
  2. too young, too young to remember
  3. newer, later, later, worse
  4. an innovation, revolutionary movement

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative νεώτερος νεωτέρᾱ νεώτερον
Genitive νεωτέρου νεωτέρᾱς νεωτέρου
Dative νεωτέρῳ νεωτέρᾱͅ νεωτέρῳ
Accusative νεώτερον νεωτέρᾱν νεώτερον
Vocative νεώτερε νεωτέρᾱ νεώτερον
DualN/A/V νεωτέρω νεωτέρᾱ νεωτέρω
G/D νεωτέροιν νεωτέραιν νεωτέροιν
PluralNominative νεώτεροι νεώτεραι νεώτερα
Genitive νεωτέρων νεωτερῶν νεωτέρων
Dative νεωτέροις νεωτέραις νεωτέροις
Accusative νεωτέρους νεωτέρᾱς νεώτερα
Vocative νεώτεροι νεώτεραι νεώτερα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective νεώτερος νεωτέρου νεωτερότερος νεωτεροτέρου νεωτερότατος νεωτεροτάτου
Adverb νεωτέρως νεωτερότερον νεωτερότατα

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

  • καὶ μνησθήσῃ τὴν ὁδόν σου καὶ ἐξατιμωθήσῃ ἐν τῷ ἀναλαβεῖν σε τὰσ ἀδελφάσ σου τὰσ πρεσβυτέρασ σου σὺν ταῖσ νεωτέραισ σου, καὶ δώσω αὐτάσ σοι εἰσ οἰκοδομὴν καὶ οὐκ ἐκ διαθήκησ σου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 16:61)

Synonyms

  1. an innovation

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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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