καινός
Alt. καινός,
I. "new, fresh", Lat. recens, novus, καινὰ καὶ παλαιὰ ἔργα Hdt.; καινοὺς λόγους φέρειν to bring "news", Aesch.; λέγεταί τι καινόν; Dem.; ἐκ καινῆς (sc. ἀρχῆς) "anew, afresh", Lat. de novo, Thuc.:—esp. of dramas "produced for the first time", Aeschin., Dem.
II. "newly-invented, new-fangled, novel", Eur., etc.; κ. θεοί "strange gods", Plat.; καινά "innovations", Xen.; οὐδὲν καινότερον εἰσέφερε τῶν ἄλλων he introduced "as little of anything new" as others, id=Xen.; τὸ καινὸν τοῦ πολέμου "the unforeseen turn" which war often takes, Thuc.
III. κ. ἄνθρωπος = "novus homo", Plut.