The corpus record

νεάω

neao

plough up, land ploughed up

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Where it lives

Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Enneads 2 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

plough up, land ploughed up

plough up, of fallow land, ἢν νεᾶν βούλησθε . . τοὺς ἀγρούς Ar. Nu. 1117: metaph., τὰν μέσαν νεῶν ἄρουραν (in music) Pratin.Lyr. 5: abs., Eup. 13, Thphr. CP 3.20.7: aor. 1 subj. νεάσωσι ib. 3.20.8:—Pass., νεωμένη (sc. γῆ) land ploughed up, after lying fallow, Hes. Op. 462.

In the wild

νεῷ · neōi Aristotle, Economics 1349a (DIORISIS sentence 210)
νεῶι · neōi Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 92)
νεωμένη · neōmenē Works and Days 462
νεάσαι · neasai Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 9.3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1424)
νεῶι · neōi Plotinus, Enneads 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3605)
νεῶι · neōi Plotinus, Enneads 6.9 (DIORISIS sentence 6514)

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Where it came from

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