νεότης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νεότᾱς (neótās) — Doric, Aeolic

Etymology

From νέος (néos, “young”) +‎ -της (-tēs). Diachronically from Proto-Hellenic *newótāts, from Proto-Indo-European *néwoteh₂ts (“newness”); cognate with Latin novitās, Sanskrit नवता (návatā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.ó.tɛːs/ → /neˈo.tis/ → /neˈo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.ó.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /neˈo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈo.tis/

Noun

νεότης • (neótēs) f (genitive νεότητος); third declension (Attic, Epic, Ionic)

1. youth
2. youthful spirit, youthfulness, impetuosity
3. (collective) a body of youth, the youth

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νεότης hē neótēs	τὼ νεότητε tṑ neótēte	αἱ νεότητες hai neótētes
Genitive	τῆς νεότητος tês neótētos	τοῖν νεοτήτοιν toîn neotḗtoin	τῶν νεοτήτων tôn neotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ νεότητῐ têi neótētĭ	τοῖν νεοτήτοιν toîn neotḗtoin	ταῖς νεότησῐ / νεότησῐν taîs neótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν νεότητᾰ tḕn neótētă	τὼ νεότητε tṑ neótēte	τᾱ̀ς νεότητᾰς tā̀s neótētăs
Vocative	νεότης neótēs	νεότητε neótēte	νεότητες neótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Third declension of ἡ νεότης; τῆς νεότητος (Attic)

Synonyms

• (a body of youth, the youth): νεολαία (neolaía)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “youth”): γῆρας (gêras)
• (antonym(s) of “youthfulness”): πρεσβύτης (presbútēs)

Related terms

• νέος (néos)
• νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς (neānĭ́ās)
• νεηνῐ́ης (neēnĭ́ēs)
• νεᾱνῐ́σκος (neānĭ́skos)

Descendants

• Greek: νεότητα (neótita)

References

• “νεότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νεότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νεότης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers