νεᾱν-ίας, ου,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect νεηνίης, εω, ὁ, dative plural νεανίοις [[ “IG” 9(2).205.25 (Phthiotis, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (νεάν):—young man, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”) always with ἀνήρ, νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.278; ἄνδρες κοιμήσαντο νεηνίαι 14.524; παῖδες νεηνίαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, compare 7.99; ν. γαμβρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.4; τέκτονες κώμων ν. [prev. author] “N.” 3.5 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: without a substantive in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, 43, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 335, “El.” 750, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 698, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.1.2, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 frequently with the sense of a youth in character, i.e. either in good sense, impetuous, active, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1041, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1333, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.313 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; or in bad sense, hot-headed, wilful, headstrong, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 580; ἓν μὲν τοίνυν τοῦτο.. πολίτευμα τοῦ νεανίου τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.136, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 239d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II as masculine adjective, youthful, νεανίαι τὰς ὄψεις [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.29. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 of things, etc., new, young, fresh, νεανίαις ὤμοισι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1562; ν. θώρακα καὶ βραχίονα [prev. author] “HF” 1095; ἄρτος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1207 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. λόγοι rash, wilful words, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 679. [νεανιῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+] is trisyllable in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1069 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare νεανικός.]