νεολαία,ἡ, (λεώς, λαός)
A. a band of youths, the youthof a nation, A. Pers. 669 , Supp. 687 ;θῆλυς ν.,of a band of maidens, Theoc. 18.24 : asAdj., ν. χεὶρ γυναικῶν
E. Alc. 103
.— Dor. word, used by Trag. only in lyr., also in Ar. Fr. 67 and in late Prose, Luc. Phal. 1.3 , Hld. 8.16 , Hdn. 4.9.4 , Alciphr. 1.6 , Herm. in Phdr. p.101A.