νέατος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νείατος (neíatos) — Epic

Etymology

According to Beekes, from νέος (néos, “new, young”), but perhaps contaminated with νειός (neiós, “fallow field”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /né.a.tos/ → /ˈne.a.tos/ → /ˈne.a.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.a.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.a.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.a.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.a.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.a.tos/

Adjective

νέᾰτος • (néătos) m (feminine νεᾰ́τη, neuter νέᾰτον); first/second declension

1. uttermost, lowest
2. extreme, outermost

Inflection

First and second declension of νέᾰτος; νεᾰ́τη; νέᾰτον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νέᾰτος néătos	νεᾰ́τη neắtē	νέᾰτον néăton		νεᾰ́τω neắtō	νεᾰ́τᾱ neắtā	νεᾰ́τω neắtō		νέᾰτοι néătoi	νέᾰται néătai	νέᾰτᾰ néătă
Genitive		νεᾰ́του neắtou	νεᾰ́της neắtēs	νεᾰ́του neắtou		νεᾰ́τοιν neắtoin	νεᾰ́ταιν neắtain	νεᾰ́τοιν neắtoin		νεᾰ́των neắtōn	νεᾰ́των neắtōn	νεᾰ́των neắtōn
Dative		νεᾰ́τῳ neắtōi	νεᾰ́τῃ neắtēi	νεᾰ́τῳ neắtōi		νεᾰ́τοιν neắtoin	νεᾰ́ταιν neắtain	νεᾰ́τοιν neắtoin		νεᾰ́τοις neắtois	νεᾰ́ταις neắtais	νεᾰ́τοις neắtois
Accusative		νέᾰτον néăton	νεᾰ́την neắtēn	νέᾰτον néăton		νεᾰ́τω neắtō	νεᾰ́τᾱ neắtā	νεᾰ́τω neắtō		νεᾰ́τους neắtous	νεᾰ́τᾱς neắtās	νέᾰτᾰ néătă
Vocative		νέᾰτε néăte	νεᾰ́τη neắtē	νέᾰτον néăton		νεᾰ́τω neắtō	νεᾰ́τᾱ neắtā	νεᾰ́τω neắtō		νέᾰτοι néătoi	νέᾰται néătai	νέᾰτᾰ néătă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		νεᾰ́τως neắtōs				νεᾰτώτερος neătṓteros				νεᾰτώτᾰτος neătṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νεάτη (neátē)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Neatus

References

• “νέατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νέατος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νέατος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN