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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

  • εὐτυχία γένοιτο τἀνθρώπῳ, ὅτι προήκων ἐσ βαθὺ τῆσ ἡλικίασ νεωτέροισ τὴν φύσιν αὑτοῦ πράγμασιν χρωτίζεται καὶ σοφίαν ἐπασκεῖ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parabasis, prelude2)
  • δίδοτε ἀντιλέγειν τοῖσ μανθάνουσιν, ἤν τι μὴ ὀρθῶσ λέγεσθαι δοκῇ αὐτοῖσ, ἢ οὐκ ἐφίετε τοῦτο τοῖσ νεωτέροισ; (Lucian, 27:10)
  • "τοῦτο δὲ καὶ τοῖσ νεωτέροισ συμβέβηκε· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 1517)
  • λέγεται γοῦν ἐν Σικελίᾳ εἰ γὰρ καὶ μυθωδέστερόν ἐστιν, ἀλλ’ ἁρμόσει καὶ ὑμῖν ἅπασι τοῖσ νεωτέροισ ἀκοῦσαι ἐκ τῆσ Αἴτνησ ῥύακα πυρὸσ γενέσθαι· (Lycurgus, Speeches, 128:1)
  • ἄλλη δὲ μείζων ἐμηνύθη συνωμοσία καὶ σύνοδοσ ἀνδρῶν Σπαρτιατῶν ἐπὶ πράγμασι νεωτέροισ εἰσ οἰκίαν κρύφα συνερχομένων, οὓσ καὶ κρίνειν ἄπορον ἦν ἐν ταραχῇ τοσαύτῃ καὶ περιορᾶν ἐπιβουλεύοντασ. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 32 6:1)
  • ]τελευτὴ φκαλῶσ ὠπαρὰ ποαι γεγον[ἀλλ’ οὐ παρὰ τοῖσ] νεωτέρο[ισ καὶ παισίν; (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 31:4)

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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