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νεανίσκος

neaniskos

youth, young man

Appears 43 times across Plato's dialogues.

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νεανίσκος, Ion. νεην-, ὁ, (νεάν) A. youth, young man, IG 12.374.162, al., Hdt. 4.72, 112, Pl. Smp. 211d, Arist. Pol. 1303b21, Anon.Hist.(FGrH 160) p.887 J., etc.; ν. τὸ εἶδος (nisi leg. νεανικός) X. HG 3.3.5; in Hdt. 3.53 the same youth is called both νεηνίης and νεηνίσκος; but in Antipho 3.4.6 and 8 the same person is called ν. and μειράκιον, and the eldest son of Socrates is called νεανίσκος X. Mem. 2.2.1, but μειράκιον Pl. Ap. 34d; ἔν τε παισὶ καὶ ν. καὶ ἐν ἀνδράσι Id. R. 413e; παῖς εἴκοσι ἔτεα, νεηνίσκος εἴκοσι, νεηνίης εἴκοσι, γέρων εἴκοσι Pythag. ap. D.L. 8.10, cf. Hp. Hebd. 5: more freq. than νεανίας in later Gr., Wilcken Chr. 30i4 (iii/ii B.C.), Plb. 1.36.12, Ev.Matt. 19.20, etc. 2. ὁ ἐμὸς ν. my young man, i.e. servant, Luc. Alex. 53; perh. also, PCair.Zen. 18.6 (iii B.C.), Ev.Marc. 14.51: pl., dub. sens., PCair.Zen. 153 (iii B.C., written νενίσκοις).
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