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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 λαβοῦσα Ρεβέκκα τὴν στολὴν Ἡσαῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆσ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου τὴν καλήν, ἣ ἦν παῤ αὐτῇ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, ἐνέδυσεν αὐτὴν Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆσ τὸν νεώτερον (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:15)
  • ἀπηγγέλη δὲ Ρεβέκκᾳ τὰ ρήματα Ἡσαῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτῆσ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου, καὶ πέμψασα ἐκάλεσεν Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆσ τὸν νεώτερον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ἰδοὺ Ἡσαῦ ὁ ἀδελφόσ σου ἀπειλεῖ σοι τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναί σε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:42)
  • καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν τὸν νεώτερον ἀγάγετε πρόσ με, καὶ πιστευθήσονται τὰ ρήματα ὑμῶν. εἰ δὲ μή, ἀποθανεῖσθε. ἐποίησαν δὲ οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:20)
  • καὶ ἀγάγετε πρόσ με τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν τὸν νεώτερον, καὶ γνώσομαι ὅτι οὐ κατάσκοποί ἐστε, ἀλλ̓ ὅτι εἰρηνικοί ἐστε, καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν ἀποδώσω ὑμῖν, καὶ τῇ γῇ ἐμπορεύσεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:34)
  • ἠρεύνησε δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου ἀρξάμενοσ, ἕωσ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν νεώτερον, καὶ εὗρε τὸ κόνδυ ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ τοῦ Βενιαμίν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 44:12)

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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