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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

Examples

  • καὶ ἔλαβον καὶ αὐτοὶ κλήρουσ καθὼσ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν υἱοὶ Ἀαρὼν ἐναντίον τοῦ βασιλέωσ καὶ Σαδὼκ καὶ Ἀχιμέλεχ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντεσ τῶν πατριῶν τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν, πατριάρχαι ἀραὰβ καθὼσ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ οἱ νεώτεροι. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 24:31)
  • πεινάσουσι γὰρ νεώτεροι, καὶ κοπιάσουσι νεανίσκοι, καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ ἀνίσχυεσ ἔσονται. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 40:30)
  • νεώτεροι εἶδον φῶσ καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὁδὸν δὲ ἐπιστήμησ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, (Septuagint, Liber Baruch 3:20)
  • εἶτα δ’ οἱ νεώτεροι ταῖσ ὁπλαῖσ ὤρυττον εὐνὰσ καὶ μετῇσαν στρώματα· (Aristotle, Parabasis, antepirrheme10)
  • τοιγαροῦν πολλὰσ πόλεισ Μήδων ἑλόντεσ αἰτιώτατοι φέρεσθαι τὸν φόρον δεῦρ’ ἐσμέν, ὃν κλέπτουσιν οἱ νεώτεροι. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, antistrophe3)

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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