# νέος
## 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. See Attic–Ionic vowel shift.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /né.os/ → /ˈne.os/ → /ˈne.os/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /né.os/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈne.os/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈne.os/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈne.os/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈne.os/

### Adjective

νέος • (néos) m (feminine νέᾱ, neuter νέον); first/second declension
* young
* (pertaining to young people) youthful
* new, fresh
* (euphemistic, especially in comparative) unexpected, strange, evil

#### Synonyms

* (new): καινός (kainós)

#### Derived terms

* νεᾱνῐ́ᾱς (neānĭ́ās)
* νεᾱνῐ́σκος (neānĭ́skos)
* νέαξ (néax)
* νεηνῐ́ης (neēnĭ́ēs)
* νεο- (neo-)
* νεότᾱς (neótās)
* νεότης (neótēs)
* νεόφυτος (neóphutos)

#### Descendants

* Greek: νέος (néos)
* → English: neo-

### References

* ↑ Rix, Helmut (1992). Historische Grammatik des Griechischen. Darmstadt, WBG-Bibliothek.
* ↑ Sihler, Andrew Littleton (1995). New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
* “νέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “νέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “νέος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* νέος 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
* νέος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “νέος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G3501 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. boyish idem, page 92.childish idem, page 130.curious idem, page 190.exceptional idem, page 288.extraordinary idem, page 297.fresh idem, page 344.infantile idem, page 437.marvellous idem, page 516.minor idem, page 531.modern idem, page 538.new idem, page 556.novel idem, page 562.peculiar idem, page 601.recent idem, page 678.strange idem, page 823.surprising idem, page 844.unaccustomed idem, page 906.uncommon idem, page 910.unfamiliar idem, page 917.unknown idem, page 923.unusual idem, page 935.unwonted idem, page 937.wonderful idem, page 987.young idem, page 997.youthful idem, page 997.

## 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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈne.os/
* Hyphenation: νέ‧ος

### Adjective

νέος • (néos) m (feminine νέα, neuter νέο)
* young, youthful
* modern, new

#### Declension

Derivations: Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο νέος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο νέος, etc.)
comparative (?)
singular
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
νεότερος (neóteros)
νεότερη (neóteri)
νεότερο (neótero)
νεότεροι (neóteroi)
νεότερες (neóteres)
νεότερα (neótera)
genitive
νεότερου (neóterou)
νεότερης (neóteris)
νεότερου (neóterou)
νεότερων (neóteron)
νεότερων (neóteron)
νεότερων (neóteron)
accusative
νεότερο (neótero)
νεότερη (neóteri)
νεότερο (neótero)
νεότερους (neóterous)
νεότερες (neóteres)
νεότερα (neótera)
vocative
νεότερε (neótere)
νεότερη (neóteri)
νεότερο (neótero)
νεότεροι (neóteroi)
νεότερες (neóteres)
νεότερα (neótera)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο νεότερος", etc)
absolute superlative (?)
singular
plural
masculine
feminine
neuter
masculine
feminine
neuter
nominative
νεότατος (neótatos)
νεότατη (neótati)
νεότατο (neótato)
νεότατοι (neótatoi)
νεότατες (neótates)
νεότατα (neótata)
genitive
νεότατου (neótatou)
νεότατης (neótatis)
νεότατου (neótatou)
νεότατων (neótaton)
νεότατων (neótaton)
νεότατων (neótaton)
accusative
νεότατο (neótato)
νεότατη (neótati)
νεότατο (neótato)
νεότατους (neótatous)
νεότατες (neótates)
νεότατα (neótata)
vocative
νεότατε (neótate)
νεότατη (neótati)
νεότατο (neótato)
νεότατοι (neótatoi)
νεότατες (neótates)
νεότατα (neótata) :

### References

* ↑ νέος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language