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νεότης , Dor. νέο-τας , ητος, ἡ, (νέος)
A.youth, “ἐκ νεότητος . . ἐς γῆρας” Il. 14.86, cf. Ev.Marc.10.20, etc.; “ἀτέμβονται νεότητος” Il.23.445; ἐρατὴν γὰρ ἀπωλέσαμεν νεότητα, i.e. we died young, Simon.89, cf. E.HF637 (lyr.), Fr.149; ἐν νεότατι, ἐπὶ νεότητος, in one's youth, Sapph.Supp. 12.3, Ar.V.1199, cf. Ach.214: in pl., “αἱ ν. ἄφρονες” AP9.359 (Posidipp. or Pl.Com. or Crates); αἱ ν. ῥωμαλέαι ib.360 (Metrod.).
2. youthful spirit, impetuosity, Hdt.7.13: in bad sense, youthful folly, insolence, “ἀκολασίᾳ καὶ ν.” Pl.Ap.26e; “ν. καὶ ἄνοια” And.2.7.
II. collective, = νεολαία, body of youth, esp. of military or athletic age, Pi.I.8(7).75, Hdt.4.3, 9.12, Th.2.8, 20, etc.
III. in Crete, νεότας , ἁ, acc. νεότα, gen. νεότας, board of officials representing the νέοι (cf. “νέος” 1.1), GDI5012.6, SIG525.9 (Gortyn, iii B.C.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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