- νεανίας
- νεανίας, -ουGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `youth, young strong man', also as adj. `youthful, strong, wilful' (Od.).Other forms: Ion. νεηνίης, -εω.Derivatives: f. νεᾶνις, Ion. νεῆνις, contr. νῆνις, -ιδος, -ιν `young lady, girl' (Il., also LXX); on the formation Schwyzer 464. 1. Hypocoristica : νεανίσκος, νεην- m. `id.' (IA.) with νεανισκ-εύομαι `be in youth' (com., X.), -εύματα pl. = Lat. Iuvenalia (D.C.); νεανισκ-άριον (Arr. Epict.), -ύδριον (Theognost.). -- 2. Adj.: νεανικός `youthful' (Att., Hp.; on the meaning Chantraine Études 99, 118, 149, Björck Έρμηνεία 66ff.) with νεανικ-έω `be youthful' (Eup.), -ότης `youth' (Sext. Ps.). -- 3. Verbs: νεανιεύομαι, rarely with prefix as ἐπι-, προσ-, `behave youthful or recklessly' (Att.) with νεανίευμα n. `youthful behaviour' (Pl.), νεαν(ι)εία f. `id.' (Ph.); νεανίζω `id.' (Plu., Poll.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Nominal, substantival derivation in -ίας from *νεᾱνός v.t., which itself seems to be an expressive enlargement of νέος after an unknown pattern (cf. ἀκμη-νός); Chantraine Form. 93, Detschew KZ 63, 229; slightly diff. Lohmann Genus und Sexus (Gött. 1932) 72. Diff. Schwyzer Mél. Boisacq 2, 231 ff.: prop. "young sniffer", compound of νέος and the verb `breathe' in Skt. ániti (s. ἄνεμος); agreeing Fraenkel, z.B. Glotta 32, 20 [improbable]. -- To be rejected Grošelj Živa Ant. 6, 57.Page in Frisk: 2,
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