νέος
1. "young, youthful", Hom.; or alone, νέοι "youths", Il., Hes., etc.; in attic with Art., ὁ νέος, οἱ νέοι, Ar., etc.:— τὸ νέον, ῀ νεότης, Soph.; ἐκ νέου from "a youth", from "youth upwards", Plat., etc.; ἐκ νέων Arist.
2. "suited to a youth, youthful", Lat. juvenilis, Aesch., Eur.
II. of things, "new, fresh", Il., attic
2. of events, "new, strange", τί νέον; Aesch.; μῶν τι βουλεύει νέον; Soph.
III. neut. νέον as adv. of Time, "newly, lately, just, just now", Hom., attic; also with the Art., καὶ τὸ παλαιὸν καὶ τὸ νέον Hdt.: comp. adv. νεωτέρως Plat.; Sup. νεώτατα "most recently", Thuc.;—also, ἐκ νέας, ionic ἐκ νέης, "anew, afresh", Lat. denuo, Hdt.
IV. for νεώτερος, νεώτατος, v. νεώτερος: the orig. comp. and Sup. were νεαρός, νέατος.