νεότης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From νέος (néos, “young”) +‎ -της (-tēs).[1] Diachronically from Proto-Hellenic *newótāts, from Proto-Indo-European *néwoteh₂ts (“newness”); cognate with Latin novitās, Sanskrit नवता (návatā).

Pronunciation

 

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

Third declension of ἡ νεότης; τῆς νεότητος (Attic)
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
tēî 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 *-τς (*-ts).

Synonyms

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Greek: νεότητα (neótita)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “νέος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1009: “DER > line 2 > 2. νεότης, -ητος”

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