A.“-ιῶ” Th.4.51: (“νεώτερος” 11):—makeinnovations, “περὶ γυμναστικὴν καὶ μουσικήν” Pl.R.424b; “ἐν ταῖς παιδιαῖς” Id.Lg.798c; of climatic change, ν. ἐς τὴν ἀσθένειαν change [health] into sickness, Th.7.87.
2. freq. with an implication of violence, use forcible measures, “μὴ σφῶν πέρι ν. μηδέν” Id.1.58; “ἔς τινάς τι ν.” Id.4.51; “ἐς οὐδένα οὐδὲν ἐνεωτέριζον” Id.2.3, cf. X.HG2.1.5, D.23.133; “ν. περί τινα” Isoc.Ep.7.9:—also in Med., take the law into one's own hands, POxy. 237 vi3 (ii A.D.).
II. esp. attempt political changes, make revolutionary movements, “τοῖς ἀτυχοῦσι νεωτερίζειν συμφέρει” Antipho 2.4.9; “ἀπὸ μόνης ν. τῆς ἀσπίδος” Critias 37 D.; “πρὸς τοὺς ξυμμάχους νεωτερίζοντας” Th.1.97, cf. 102; “ν. ἔργῳ” Id.3.66; “νεωτερίζειν ἐβούλετο ἐς τὸ πλῆθος” Lys.20.16; τὸ νεωτερίζον the revolutionary party, J.BJProoem. 2; νεωτερίσαι τὴν πολιτείαν revolutionize the state, Th.1.115:—Pass., “ἐνεωτερίζετο τὰ περὶ τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν” Id.8.73, cf. 4.76.