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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

  • ἐξένηψε δὲ Νῶε ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου καὶ ἔγνω ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ ὁ νεώτεροσ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:24)
  • οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. δώδεκά ἐσμεν οἱ παῖδεσ σου ἀδελφοὶ ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ νεώτεροσ μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἡμῶν σήμερον, ὁ δὲ ἕτεροσ οὐχ ὑπάρχει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:13)
  • ἐν τούτῳ φανεῖσθε. νὴ τὴν ὑγίειαν Φαραώ, οὐ μὴ ἐξέλθητε ἐντεῦθεν, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ ὑμῶν ὁ νεώτεροσ ἔλθῃ ὧδε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 42:15)
  • εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ Ἰούδασ λέγων. διαμαρτυρίᾳ μεμαρτύρηται ἡμῖν ὁ ἄνθρωποσ ὁ κύριοσ τῆσ γῆσ λέγων. οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ πρόσωπόν μου, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ ὑμῶν ὁ νεώτεροσ μεθ̓ ὑμῶν ᾖ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 43:2)
  • εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀποστέλλῃσ τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν μεθ̓ ἡμῶν, οὐ πορευσόμεθα. ὁ γὰρ ἄνθρωποσ εἶπεν ἡμῖν, λέγων. οὐκ ὄψεσθέ μου τὸ πρόσωπον, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ ἀδελφὸσ ὑμῶν ὁ νεώτεροσ μεθ̓ ὑμῶν ᾖ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 43:4)

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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