1. νεολαία · neolaia — Beekes
νεολαία [f.] ‘group of young men, youth of a nation’ (A. [lyr.], Ar. Fr. 67, Theoc., late prose), also adj. (E. Alc. 103 [lyr.]; correct?). *ETYM Abstract compound from νέος and λαός with a suffix -ia-: *veo-haf-ia, properly “composition of young people”. Cf. Georgacas Glotta 6 (1958): 172f. véouat [v.] ‘to reach some place, escape, return, get home’ (Il.). 41Ε *nes- ‘return, heal’> . *VAR Contracted forms … — [Beekes, s.v. νεολαία, p. 1059]
2. νεολαία · neolaia — Chantraine
νεολαία : Î., groupe de jeunes gens, jeunesse d'une nation (Æsch., Ar. fr. 67), dit de jeunes filles (Théoc. 18,24), employé en prose tardive (Luc., Hild., Alciphr.) ; adj. chez Æ. Alc. 103. Ce terme poétique et dorien, adopté par la prose tardive, survit dans le grec moderne littéraire. — [Chantraine, s.v. νεολαία, p. 761]
3. νεολαία · neolaia — Frisk
νεολαία f. “junge Mannschaft’ (A. in lyr., Ar. Fr. 67, Theok., sp. Prosa), auch als Adj. (E. Alk. 103 [lyr.]; richtig?). — Abstrakte Zusammenbildung aus νέος und λαός mit la-Suffix: *veoAGF-ia eig. „was aus jungen Leuten besteht‘. Vgl. Georgacas Glotta 36, 172f. — [Frisk, s.v. νεολαία, p. 1276]
4. νεολαία · neolaia — LSJ
a band of youths, the youtha band of youths, the youth of a nation, A. Pers. 669, Supp. 687; θῆλυς ν., of a band of maidens, Theoc. 18.24: as Adj., ν. χεὶρ γυναικῶν E. Alc. 103.—Dor. word, used by Trag. only in lyr., also in Ar. Fr. 67 and in late Prose, Luc. Phal. 1.3, Hld. 8.16, Hdn. 4.9.4, Alciphr. 1.6, Herm. in Phdr. p.101A.