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νεότης

neotes · ἡ

youth, youthful spirit, impetuosity, youthful folly, insolence, body of youth, board of officials representing the νέοι

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Where it lives

Malachias 2 · 14.4/10k
Ecclesiastes 4 · 8.84/10k
1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
De longitudine et brevitate vitae 1 · 5.68/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 3 · 4.35/10k
Siracides 8 · 4.33/10k
Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
Job 4 · 3/10k
Proverbia 3 · 2.7/10k
Psalmi 9 · 2.63/10k
Jeremias 6 · 2.16/10k

Densest 12 of 53 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

νεότης · neotēs — LSJ

youth, youth

youth, ἐκ νεότητος . . ἐς γῆρας Il. 14.86, cf. Ev.Marc. 10.20, etc.; ἀτέμβονται νεότητος Il. 23.445; ἐρατὴν γὰρ ἀπωλέσαμεν νεότητα, i.e. we died young, Simon. 89, cf. E. HF 637 (lyr.), Fr. 149; ἐν νεότατι, ἐπὶ νεότητος, in oneʼs youth, Sapph. Supp. 12.3, Ar. V. 1199, cf. Ach. 214: in pl., αἱ ν. ἄφρονες AP 9.359 (Posidipp. or Pl.Com. or Crates); αἱ ν. ῥωμαλέαι ib. 360 (Metrod.).

2 youthful spirit, impetuosity, youthful folly, insolence

youthful spirit, impetuosity, Hdt. 7.13: in bad sense, youthful folly, insolence, ἀκολασίᾳ καὶ ν. Pl. Ap. 26e; ν. καὶ ἄνοια And. 2.7.

II body of youth

collective, = νεολαία, body of youth, esp. of military or athletic age, Pi. I. 8(7).75, Hdt. 4.3, 9.12, Th. 2.8, 20, etc.

III board of officials representing the νέοι

in Crete, νεότας, ἁ, acc. νεότα, gen. νεότας, board of officials representing the νέοι (cf. νέος I.1), GDI 5012.6, SIG 525.9 (Gortyn, iii B.C.).

In the wild

νεότητος · neotētos Aristophanes, Acharnians 1 (DIORISIS sentence 172)
νεότητα · neotēta Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 576)
νεότητος · neotētos Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 871)
νεότητος · neotētos Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 1)
νεότητος · neotētos Aristotle, De longitudine et brevitate vitae (DIORISIS sentence 64)
νεότης · neotēs Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 176)

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