- νεότης
- νεότης, [dialect] Dor. [suff] νέο-τας, ητος, ἡ, ([etym.] νέος)A youth,
ἐκ νεότητος . . ἐς γῆρας Il. 14.86
, cf. Ev.Marc.10.20, etc.;ἀτέμβονται νεότητος Il.23.445
; ἐρατὴν γὰρ ἀπωλέσαμεν νεότητα, i.e. we died young, Simon.89, cf. E.HF637 (lyr.), Fr.149; ἐν νεότατι, ἐπὶ νεότητος, in one's youth, Sapph.Supp. 12.3, Ar.V.1199, cf. Ach.214: in pl.,αἱ ν. ἄφρονες AP9.359
(Posidipp. or Pl.Com. or Crates); αἱ ν. ῥωμαλέαι ib.360 (Metrod.).2 youthful spirit, impetuosity, Hdt.7.13: in bad sense, youthful folly, insolence,ἀκολασίᾳ καὶ ν. Pl.Ap.26e
;ν. καὶ ἄνοια And.2.7
.II collective, = νεολαία, body of youth, esp. of military or athletic age, Pi.I.8(7).75, Hdt.4.3, 9.12, Th.2.8, 20, etc.III in Crete, [full] νεότας, ἁ, acc. νεότα, gen. νεότας, board of officials representing the νέοι (cf.νέος 1.1
), GDI5012.6, SIG525.9 (Gortyn, iii B.C.).
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