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νεαρός

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youthful, youths, youthful spirit

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What it meant — LSJ

youthful, youths, youthful spirit

youthful, παῖδες Il. 2.289, cf. Pi. P. 10.25, etc.; τὸ ἦθος νεαρός, opp. νέος τὴν ἡλικίαν, Arist. EN 1095a7; νεαροί youths, A. Ag. 359, 1504 (both anap.); ν. ἥβη Ar. Fr. 467; = νεαλής, ν. στρατός Hdn. 3.7.5; τὸ ν. youthful spirit, X. Cyr. 1.4.3; λόγος ν. καὶ θεατρικός Plu. Praec. 2.802e; σχηματισμοὶ πολὺ τὸ ν. ἔχοντες D.H. Comp. 23.

2 new, fresh

of things, new, ὕμνοι Hes. Fr. 265; νεαρὰ ἐξευρεῖν Pi. N. 8.20; fresh, μυελός A. Ag. 76 (anap.); σώματα X. Cyn. 9.10; ν. δέλεαρ, opp. σαπρόν, Arist. HA 534b4; τροφή Id. PA 675b29; ν. τυρός, ὄστρεα, Dsc. 2.71, Ath. 1.7d; -ώτεροι κλῶνες Gal. 12.283; καππάρεως ὅτι -ωτάτης PCair.Zen. 488 (iii B.C.).

3 recent

of events, recent, ξυντυχίαι S. Ant. 157 (anap.); of a letter, D.L. 1.112.

4 novellae

αἱ νεαραί (sc. διατάξεις) title of the novellae of Justinian; ἡ θεία καὶ ν. διάταξις PGrenf. 1.62.13 (vi A.D.).

II youthfully, rawly, with more spirit

Adv. -ρῶς youthfully, rawly, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 50: Comp., διειλεγμένον -ωτέρως with more spirit, Isoc. 12.229. [νεα- by synizesis, as one long syll., Pi. ll.cc.; cf. νηρός.]

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