Νέον

newly

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Dec 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 29 words
When Homer says ne/on h(bw/onta ["newly in the prime of youth"] he does not mean young in age, but in relation,1 as if recently attaining the prime of youth.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νέον· Ὅμηρος νέον ἡβώοντα οὐ λέγει νέον κατὰ ἡλικίαν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ μεσότητα, οἷον νεωστὶ ἡβῶντα.

Betacode
*ne/on: *(/omhros ne/on h(bw/onta ou) le/gei ne/on kata\ h(liki/an, a)lla\ kata\ meso/thta, oi(=on newsti\ h(bw=nta.

Notes (1)

  1. From a scholion on Homer, Iliad 9.446, where the phrase occurs (see web address 1).
  2. 1*kata\ meso/thta seems (besides philosophical and medical usages) to be applied to adjectives used adverbially, as here ne/on modifies h(bw/onta; cf. Aristonicus on Iliad 14.418 (and maybe alpha 831). ↩

References


Eleanor Dickey, Ancient Greek Scholarship. Oxford 2007

External resources

Neighbouring entries

ν195Νεολαίαyouth-band, younger generationν196Νεόλεκτοςnewly-enlistedν197Νέονnewlyν198Νέονταςswimmingν199Νέον τεῖχοςNeon Teichos
Revision history5 revisions · last 25 Oct 2020
  1. modified note — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. raised status — David Whitehead
  4. tweaked translation, added note and keyword — Catharine Roth
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Catharine Roth

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