The corpus record

νεωτερ-ισμός

neoterismos · ὁ

attempt to change

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Where it lives

On the Accession of Alexander 1 · 5.6/10k
Republic 3 · 0.34/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

νεωτερ-ισμός · neōter-ismos — LSJ

attempt to change, innovation, revolutionary movement

attempt to change; esp. in bad sense, innovation, revolutionary movement, Pl. R. 422a, 555d, D. 17.15, etc.: pl., Pl. Lg. 758c; ἔφορος ἐπὶ τῶν ν., title of official at Sparta, BSA 27.234 (ii A.D.).

2 change

generally, change, as of diet, Sabin. ap. Gal. 17(1).562.

In the wild

νεωτερισμῷ · neōterismōi Demosthenes, On the Accession of Alexander 15 (DIORISIS sentence 31)
νεωτερισμῶν · neōterismōn Plato, Laws 758
νεωτερισμῷ · neōterismōi Plato, Republic 4.422 (DIORISIS sentence 2168)
νεωτερισμὸν · neōterismon Plato, Republic 4.422 (DIORISIS sentence 2168)
νεωτερισμοῦ · neōterismou Plato, Republic 8.555 (DIORISIS sentence 4974)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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