νεανίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νεηνίης (Epic, Ionic)

Etymology

From νεάν "young"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ne.a͜aní.a͜as/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /nɛaːníaːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /neanías/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /neanías/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /neanías/

Noun

νεανίας (genitive νεανίου) m, first declension; (neāniās)

1. young man, youth

Inflection

First declension of νεᾱνίᾱς, νεᾱνίου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νεᾱνίᾱς	τὼ νεᾱνίᾱ	οἱ νεᾱνίαι
Genitive	τοῦ νεᾱνίου	τοῖν νεᾱνίαιν	τῶν νεᾱνιῶν
Dative	τῷ νεᾱνίᾳ	τοῖν νεᾱνίαιν	τοῖς νεᾱνίοις
Accusative	τὸν νεᾱνίᾱν	τὼ νεᾱνίᾱ	τοὺς νεᾱνίᾱς
Vocative	νεᾱνίᾱ	νεᾱνίᾱ	νεᾱνίαι

Usage notes

Note the irregular dative plural νεανίοις.

Related terms

• νεανίσκος
• νέος

References

• Bauer lexicon
• Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G3494