νεό-φῠτος · neo-phytos — LSJ
newly planted, Ar. Fr. 828; ἀμπελών PCair.Zen. 236.4 (iii B.C.); κτῆμα POxy. 909.16 (iii A.D.): neut. pl. νεόφυτα, τά, young plants, LXX Ps. 143 (144). 12, cf. PRyl. 138.9 (i A.D.; νεώ- Pap.), etc.
metaph., new convert, neophyte, 1 Ep.Ti. 3.6.