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καινός , ή, όν,
A.new, fresh, “ἔργα οὔτ᾽ ὦν κ. οὔτε παλαιάHdt.9.26; “κ. ὁμιλίαA.Eu.406; κ. λόγους φέρειν to bring news, Id.Ch.659; τίδ᾽ ἐστὶ κ.; S.OC722, cf.Ph.52; “τὰ κ. τοῖς πάλαι τεκμαίρεταιId.OT916; “θυτῆρα καινῷ καινὸν ἐν πεπλώματιId.Tr.613; βούλεσθε περι<*>όντες πυνθάνεσθαι, "λέγεταί τι κ.;" D.4.10; γένοιτ᾽ ἄν τι -ότερον . . ibid.; ἐκ καινῆς (sc. ἀρχῆς) anew, afresh, Th.3.92, Thphr.CP5.1.11, Jahresh.23 Beibl.91 (Pamphyl., i A. D.), etc. (also “ἐκ καινοῦCPR244.14 (iii A. D.)); esp. of new dramas, “τραγῳδῶν γιγνομένων καινῶνAeschin.3.34; briefly τραγῳδοῖς κ. at the representation of the new tragedies, Docum. ap. D. 18.54; τραγῳδῶν τῇ κ. [ἐπιδείξει] ib.55; καινῇ κωμῳδῶν, τραγῳδῶν, CIG2759iii (Aphrodisias); but κ. κωμῳδία, τραγῳδία, of a new style of drama, IG7.1773 (Thebes, ii A.D.).
2. newly-made, κύλικες, τριήρης, ὀθόνια, οἶνος, SIG1026.26 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.), IG22.1623.289, PLond.2.402v12 (ii B. C.), Ostr.1142.4 (iii A. D.).
3. Adv. -νῶς newly, afresh, Alex.240.4.
II. newly-invented, novel, “καινότεραι τέχναιBatr.116; “κ. προσφέρειν σοφάE.Med.298; “ἔνθα τι κ. ἐλέχθηPhilox.3.23; “οὐκ ἀείδω τὰ παλαιά, καινὰ γὰρ ἀμὰ κρείσσωTim.Fr.21; κ. θεοί strange gods, Pl.Euthphr.3b; “κ. δαιμόνιαId.Ap.24c; “κ. τινες σοφισταίId.Euthd.271b; “κ. καὶ ἄτοπα ὀνόματαId.R.405d; καινὰ ἐπιμηχανᾶσθαι innovations, X.Cyr.8.8.16; οὐδὲν -ότερον εἰσέφερε τῶν ἄλλων he introduced as little of anything new as others, Id.Mem.1.1.3, cf. Pl.Phd.115b; “πεπόνθαμεν -ότατονD.35.26; τὸ κ. τοῦ πολέμου prob. f.l. for κενόν (v. κενός), Th.3.30; οὐ καινόν nothing to be surprised at, Hp.Int.17; τὸ -ότατον what is strangest, parenthetically, Luc.Nigr.22, al.; “εἰ Χρὴ -ότατα μᾶλλον κακουργότατα εἰπεῖνAntipho 2.4.2. Adv., μὴ σὺ -νῶς μοι λάλει in new, strange style, Alex.144, cf. Pl.Phdr.267b: Comp. “-οτέρως, νοῆσαι περί τινοςArist.Cael.308b31; without precedent, “-νῶς κατακριθῆναιOGI669.46,49 (Egypt, i A. D.).
III. κ. ἄνθρωπος, = Lat. novus homo, Plu.Cat.Ma.1; πράγματακ., = res novae, Id.Cic.14, cf. 2.212c.
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