νέατος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- νείατος (neíatos) – Epic
Etymology
According to Beekes, from νέος (néos, “new, young”), but perhaps contaminated with νειός (neiós, “fallow field”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /né.a.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈne.a.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈne.a.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈne.a.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈne.a.tos/
Adjective
νέᾰτος • (néatos) m (feminine νεᾰ́τη, neuter νέᾰτον); first/second declension
- uttermost, lowest
- extreme, outermost
Inflection
First and second declension of νέᾰτος; νεᾰ́τη; νέᾰτον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | νέᾰτος néatos | νεᾰ́τη neátē | νέᾰτον néaton | νεᾰ́τω neátō | νεᾰ́τᾱ neátā | νεᾰ́τω neátō | νέᾰτοι néatoi | νέᾰται néatai | νέᾰτᾰ néata | |||||
Genitive | νεᾰ́του neátou | νεᾰ́της neátēs | νεᾰ́του neátou | νεᾰ́τοιν neátoin | νεᾰ́ταιν neátain | νεᾰ́τοιν neátoin | νεᾰ́των neátōn | νεᾰ́των neátōn | νεᾰ́των neátōn | |||||
Dative | νεᾰ́τῳ neátōi | νεᾰ́τῃ neátēi | νεᾰ́τῳ neátōi | νεᾰ́τοιν neátoin | νεᾰ́ταιν neátain | νεᾰ́τοιν neátoin | νεᾰ́τοις neátois | νεᾰ́ταις neátais | νεᾰ́τοις neátois | |||||
Accusative | νέᾰτον néaton | νεᾰ́την neátēn | νέᾰτον néaton | νεᾰ́τω neátō | νεᾰ́τᾱ neátā | νεᾰ́τω neátō | νεᾰ́τους neátous | νεᾰ́τᾱς neátās | νέᾰτᾰ néata | |||||
Vocative | νέᾰτε néate | νεᾰ́τη neátē | νέᾰτον néaton | νεᾰ́τω neátō | νεᾰ́τᾱ neátā | νεᾰ́τω neátō | νέᾰτοι néatoi | νέᾰται néatai | νέᾰτᾰ néata | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
νεᾰ́τως neátōs | νεᾰτώτερος neatṓteros | νεᾰτώτᾰτος neatṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- νεάτη (neátē)
Descendants
- → Translingual: Neatus
References
- “νέατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νέατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νέατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN