νεᾶνις,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect νεῆνις (contraction νῆνις [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 14.3, “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 7629 (vase), Kretschmer “Griech.Vaseninschr.” p.144, “Etymologicum Magnum” 448.29)] Refs 6th c.BC+], ῐδος, ἡ, accusative -ιδα[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 704] Refs 4th c.BC+], -ιν [[5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 179 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—girl, maiden, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.418, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.31, A.[same place], “Eu.” 958 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 784 (Lyric poetry), E.[same place], +others, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.843, “Lyric poetry Alex.Adesp.” 26 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a young married woman, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 192; παρθενικὴ ν. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.20. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II as adjective, youthful, χεῖρες, ἧβαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 745, “Ion” 477 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 new, βίβλος [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 4.3b75 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).—poetical word, but frequently in LXX, LXX.Exo.2.8, +others ] LXX+6th c.AD+]