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νεωτερ-ίζω

neoterizo

make innovations

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What it meant

νεωτερ-ίζω · neōter-izō — LSJ

make innovations, change

make innovations, περὶ γυμναστικὴν καὶ μουσικήν Pl. R. 424b; ἐν ταῖς παιδιαῖς Id. Lg. 798c; of climatic change, ν. ἐς τὴν ἀσθένειαν change [health] into sickness, Th. 7.87.

2 use forcible measures, take the law into oneʼs own hands

freq. with an implication of violence, use forcible measures, μὴ σφῶν πέρι ν. μηδέν Id. 1.58; ἔς τινάς τι ν. Id. 4.51; ἐς οὐδένα οὐδὲν ἐνεωτέριζον Id. 2.3, cf. X. HG 2.1.5, D. 23.133; ν. περί τινα Isoc. Ep. 7.9:—also in Med., take the law into oneʼs own hands, POxy. 237 vi3 (ii A.D.).

II attempt political changes, make revolutionary movements, revolutionary party, revolutionize

esp. attempt political changes, make revolutionary movements, τοῖς ἀτυχοῦσι νεωτερίζειν συμφέρει Antipho 2.4.9; ἀπὸ μόνης ν. τῆς ἀσπίδος Critias 37 D.; πρὸς τοὺς ξυμμάχους νεωτερίζοντας Th. 1.97, cf. 102; ν. ἔργῳ Id. 3.66; νεωτερίζειν ἐβούλετο ἐς τὸ πλῆθος Lys. 20.16; τὸ νεωτερίζον the revolutionary party, J. BJProoem. 2; νεωτερίσαι τὴν πολιτείαν revolutionize the state, Th. 1.115:—Pass., ἐνεωτερίζετο τὰ περὶ τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Id. 8.73, cf. 4.76.

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