νέος

See also: νεός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • νεῖος (neîos) – Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *néwos (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀚𐀺 (ne-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Cognates include Old English nīewe (English new), Latin novus, Sanskrit नव (náva), and Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (nauua).

Contrasting the attested feminine form of νέος in Attic, νέᾱ (néā), as well as the word κόρη (kórē) (from Proto-Hellenic *kórwā), we must establish a relative chronology for the Lautgesetze, assuming the digamma from the original form *νέϝος disappeared earlier when between vowels than after liquid and nasal consonants [1] [2]. See Attic–Ionic vowel shift.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

νέος • (néos) m (feminine νέᾱ, neuter νέον); first/second declension

  1. young
  2. (pertaining to young people) youthful
  3. new, fresh
  4. (euphemistic, especially in comparative) unexpected, strange, evil

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: neo-
  • Greek: νέος (néos)

References

  1. Rix, Helmut (1992). Historische Grammatik des Griechischen. Darmstadt, WBG-Bibliothek.
  2. Sihler, Andrew Littleton (1995). New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “young”), from Proto-Hellenic *néwos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Compare to the inherited Demotic synonym νιος (nios). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈne.os/
  • Hyphenation: νέ‧ος

Adjective

νέος • (néos) m (feminine νέα, neuter νέο)

  1. young, youthful
  2. modern, new

Declension

References

  1. νέος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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