νεότας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νεότης (neótēs) — Attic, Ionic

Etymology

From νέος (néos, “young”) +‎ -τᾱς (-tās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.ó.taːs/ → /neˈo.tas/ → /neˈo.tas/

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

Noun

νεότᾱς • (neótās) f (genitive νεότᾱτος); third declension (Doric, Aeolic)

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

Declension

Third declension of ᾱ̔ νεότᾱς; τᾶς νεότᾱτος (Aeolic, Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ νεότᾱς hā neótās	τὼ νεότᾱτε tṑ neótāte	ταὶ νεότᾱτᾰ taì neótātă
Genitive	τᾶς νεότᾱτος tâs neótātos	τοῖν νεοτᾱ́τοιν toîn neotā́toin	τᾶν νεοτᾱ́των tân neotā́tōn
Dative	τᾷ νεότᾱτῐ tâi neótātĭ	τοῖν νεοτᾱ́τοιν toîn neotā́toin	ταῖς νεότᾱσῐ / νεότᾱσῐν νεότᾱτεσῐ / νεότᾱτεσῐν taîs neótāsĭ / neótāsĭn neótātesĭ / neótātesĭn
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν νεότᾱτᾰ tā̀n neótātă	τὼ νεότᾱτε tṑ neótāte	τᾱ̀ς νεότᾱτᾰ tā̀s neótātă
Vocative	νεότᾱς neótās	νεότᾱτε neótāte	νεότᾱτᾰ neótātă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

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