νεανίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νεηνῐ́ης (neēníēs) — Ionic, Epic

Etymology

From νεάν (neán, “young”), from νέος (néos, “young”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.aː.ní.aːs/ → /ne.aˈni.as/ → /ne.aˈni.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.aː.ní.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne.aˈni.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ne.aˈni.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ne.aˈni.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ne.aˈni.as/

Noun

νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς • (neāníās) m (genitive νεᾱνῐ́ου); first declension (Attic, Doric)

1. young man, youth, young adult, younger adult (ranges from age 20 to age 40, and thus comparable to Latin iuvenis)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.278:

     νεηνίῃ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώς

     neēníēi andrì eoikṓs

     in the likeness of a young man

   1. young, active; hot-headed, headstrong
      • 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 1041:

        νεανίας γενοῦ ἔργοισι

        neanías genoû érgoisi

        be young in action

      • 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 580:

        νῦν δ’ ἔτ’ εἶ νεανίας

        nûn d’ ét’ eî neanías

        As yet you are young and rash.

Declension

First declension of ὁ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς ho neāníās	τὼ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ tṑ neāníā	οἱ νεᾱνῐ́αι hoi neāníai
Genitive	τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́ου toû neāníou	τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́αιν toîn neāníain	τῶν νεᾱνῐῶν tôn neāniôn
Dative	τῷ νεᾱνῐ́ᾳ tôi neāníāi	τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́αιν toîn neāníain	τοῖς νεᾱνῐ́αις toîs neāníais
Accusative	τὸν νεᾱνῐ́ᾱν tòn neāníān	τὼ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ tṑ neāníā	τοὺς νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς toùs neāníās
Vocative	νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ neāníā	νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ neāníā	νεᾱνῐ́αι neāníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς ho neāníās	τὼ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ tṑ neāníā	τοὶ νεᾱνῐ́αι toì neāníai
Genitive	τοῦ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ toû neāníā	τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́αιν toîn neāníain	τῶν νεᾱνῐᾶν tôn neāniân
Dative	τῷ νεᾱνῐ́ᾳ tôi neāníāi	τοῖν νεᾱνῐ́αιν toîn neāníain	τοῖς νεᾱνῐ́αις toîs neāníais
Accusative	τὸν νεᾱνῐ́ᾱν tòn neāníān	τὼ νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ tṑ neāníā	τοὺς νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς toùs neāníās
Vocative	νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ neāníā	νεᾱνῐ́ᾱ neāníā	νεᾱνῐ́αι neāníai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Related terms

• νεᾱνῐείᾱ (neānieíā)
• νεᾱνῐεύομαι (neānieúomai)
• νεᾱνίζω (neānízō)
• νεᾶνις (neânis)

References

• “νεανίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• νεανίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “νεανίας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3494 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • gallant idem, page 352.
  • spark idem, page 798.
  • swain idem, page 846.
  • young idem, page 997.
  • youth idem, page 997.