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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 ἐλάλησε πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν τῶν νεωτέρων λέγων. ὁ πατήρ μου ἐβάρυνε τὸν ζυγὸν ὑμῶν καὶ ἐγὼ προσθήσω ἐπ’ αὐτόν, ὁ πατήρ μου ἐπαίδευσεν ὑμᾶσ ἐν μάστιξι καὶ ἐγὼ παιδεύσω ὑμᾶσ ἐν σκορπίοισ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 10:14)
  • νεανίσκοι καὶ παρθένοι, πρεσβύτεροι μετὰ νεωτέρων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 148:12)
  • τελευταῖόν ἐστι τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ καὶ χαρακτηρικώτατον, ὃ παρ’ οὐδενὶ τῶν ἄλλων συγγραφέων οὕτωσ ἀκριβῶσ ἐξείργασται καὶ δυνατῶσ οὔτε τῶν πρεσβυτέρων οὔτε τῶν νεωτέρων· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 6 7:1)
  • θαυμάζω δὲ τὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, εἰ μηκέτι μνημονεύουσι, καὶ τῶν νεωτέρων, εἰ μηδενὸσ ἀκηκόασιν, ὅτι διὰ μὲν τοὺσ παραινοῦντασ ἀντέχεσθαι τῆσ εἰρήνησ οὐθὲν πώποτε κακὸν ἐπάθομεν, διὰ δὲ τοὺσ ῥᾳδίωσ πολεμεῖν αἱρουμένουσ πολλαῖσ ἤδη καὶ μεγάλαισ συμφοραῖσ περιεπέσομεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 16 4:4)
  • οὔ που λέλειμμαι καὶ νεωτέρων κακῶν ὕστεροσ ἀφῖγμαι; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 2:43)

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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