νεότης,
Doric dialect -τας, ητος, ἡ, (νέος) youth, ἐκ νεότητος.. ἐς γῆρας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.86, cf. NT.Mark.10.20, etc.; ἀτέμβονται νεότητος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.445 ] NT+8th c.BC+]; ἐρατὴν γὰρ ἀπωλέσαμεν νεότητα, i.e. we died young, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 89, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 637 (Lyric poetry), “fragment” 149 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν νεότατι, ἐπὶ νεότητος, in one's youth, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 12.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1199, compare “Ach.” 214: in _plural_, αἱ ν. ἄφρονες “Anthologia Graeca” 9.359 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus or 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus or Crates)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; αἱ ν. ῥωμαλέαι[[ [prev. work] 360 (4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 youthful spirit, impetuosity, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in bad sense, youthful folly, insolence, ἀκολασίᾳ καὶ ν. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 26e; ν. καὶ ἄνοια 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II collective, ={νεολαία}, body of youth, especially of military or athletic age, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).75, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.3, 9.12, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8, 20, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III in Crete, νεότας, ἁ, accusative νεότα, genitive νεότας, board of officials representing the νέοι [[compare (νέος 1.1), “GDI” 5012.6, “SIG” 525.9 (Gortyn, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]