νεᾱ́νισκ-ος, Ion.
νεην-,ὁ, (νεάν)
A. youth, young man,
IG 12.374.162 , al., Hdt. 4.72 , 112 , Pl. Smp. 211d , Arist. Pol. 1303b21 , Anon.Hist.( FGrH 160 ) p.887
J. , etc.;ν. τὸ εἶδος(nisi leg.νεανικός) X. HG 3.3.5 ; in Hdt. 3.53 the same youth is called bothνεηνίηςandνεηνίσκος; but in Antipho 3.4.6 and 8 the same person is calledν.andμειράκιον,and the eldest son of Socrates is called νεανίσκος
X. Mem. 2.2.1
, but μειράκιον
Pl. Ap. 34d
; ἔν τε παισὶ καὶ ν. καὶ ἐν ἀνδράσι
Id. R. 413e
; παῖς εἴκοσι ἔτεα, νεηνίσκος εἴκοσι, νεηνίης εἴκοσι, γέρων εἴκοσι
Pythag.
ap. D.L. 8.10 , cf. Hp. Hebd. 5 : more freq. thanνεανίαςin later Gr., Wilcken Chr. 30i4
(iii/ii B.C.), Plb. 1.36.12 , Ev.Matt. 19.20 , etc.