- νέωτα
- νέωταGrammatical information: adv.Meaning: `on (the) next year' (Semon. 1, 9); elsewhere εἰς (ἐς) νέωτα (X., Thphr.),Other forms: delph. [ἐν ν]εω [τ]α (Del.3 323 A 12; V--IVa).Derivatives: Besides in the same meaning ἐς νέω (Cyrene; also as weakly attested v. l. Theoc. 15, 143; unclear ἐς νέων BGU 958 c 13 [IIIp]; s. P. Maas Riv. fil. class. 56, 413f.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Not certainly explained. In νέωτα one sees usually and prob. with right a comp. of νέος and ἔτος `year': *νεο-Ϝ(ε)τ-α (Curtius 208 as supposition; phonetically not convincing); *νεϜο-Ϝατ-α (Buck Glotta 1, 128 f. with further unknown weak grade of Ϝέτ-ος); *νεϜο-Ϝωτ-α (Meillet BSL 26, 15 with further unknown lengthened grade, seems the most prob. solution); *νεϜώ-Ϝετα (WP. 1,251 with rhythmically [compositional?] lengthening and haplology)? Diff. Schwyzer 622 n. 5 (asking) : (ἐς) νέω prop. "from new (year) on"?; from there lengthened (ἐς) νέωτα; similarly Mezger Word 2, 231. To be rejected Sandsjoe Strena phil. Upsal. (1922) 119ff. (s. Idg. Jb. 10, 214f.). -- On the adverbs in -ᾰ in gen. Schwyzer 622 f.Page in Frisk: 2,
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