I.to attempt anything new, make a violent change, Thuc., Xen., etc.: ν. ἐς τὴν ἀσθένειαν to change [health] into sickness, Thuc.
II.to attempt political changes, make innovations or revolutionary movements, Lat. res novas tentare, id=Thuc., etc.
2.c. acc., ν. τὴν πολιτείαν to revolutionise the state, id=Thuc.:—Pass., ἐνεωτερίζετο τὰ περὶ τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν id=Thuc.