νεανίας
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- νεηνῐ́ης (neēníēs) – Ionic, Epic
Etymology
From νεάν (neán, “young”), from νέος (néos, “young”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ne.aː.ní.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ne.aˈni.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ne.aˈni.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ne.aˈni.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ne.aˈni.as/
Noun
νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς • (neāníās) m (genitive νεᾱνῐ́ου); first declension (Attic, Doric)
- young man, youth, young adult, younger adult (ranges from age 20 to age 40, and thus comparable to Latin iuvenis)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.278:
- νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς
- neēníēi andrì eoikṓs
- in the likeness of a young man
- νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς
- young, active; hot-headed, headstrong
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 1041:
- νεανίας γενοῦ ἔργοισι
- neanías genoû érgoisi
- be young in action
- νεανίας γενοῦ ἔργοισι
- 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 580:
- νῦν δ’ ἔτ’ εἶ νεανίας
- nûn d’ ét’ eî neanías
- As yet you are young and rash.
- νῦν δ’ ἔτ’ εἶ νεανίας
Declension
First declension of ὁ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς ho neāníās | τὼ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ tṑ neāníā | οἱ νεᾱνῐ́αι hoi neāníai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́ου toû neāníou | τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́αιν toîn neāníain | τῶν νεᾱνῐῶν tôn neāniôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νεᾱνῐ́ᾳ tôi neāníāi | τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́αιν toîn neāníain | τοῖς νεᾱνῐ́αις toîs neāníais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν νεᾱνῐ́ᾱν tòn neāníān | τὼ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ tṑ neāníā | τοὺς νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς toùs neāníās | ||||||||||
Vocative | νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ neāníā | νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ neāníā | νεᾱνῐ́αι neāníai | ||||||||||
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First declension of ὁ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ (Doric)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς ho neāníās | τὼ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ tṑ neāníā | τοὶ νεᾱνῐ́αι toì neāníai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ toû neāníā | τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́αιν toîn neāníain | τῶν νεᾱνῐᾶν tôn neāniân | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νεᾱνῐ́ᾳ tôi neāníāi | τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́αιν toîn neāníain | τοῖς νεᾱνῐ́αις toîs neāníais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν νεᾱνῐ́ᾱν tòn neāníān | τὼ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ tṑ neāníā | τοὺς νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς toùs neāníās | ||||||||||
Vocative | νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ neāníā | νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ neāníā | νεᾱνῐ́αι neāníai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- νεᾱνῐείᾱ (neānieíā)
- νεᾱνῐεύομαι (neānieúomai)
- νεᾱνίζω (neānízō)
References
- “νεανίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νεανίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- “νεανίας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3494 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- gallant idem, page 352.
- spark idem, page 798.
- swain idem, page 846.
- young idem, page 997.
- youth idem, page 997.