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nŏvo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. novus.
I. Lit., to make new, to renew: “ipsi transtra novant,Verg. A. 5, 752: “nullā prole novare viros,Ov. F. 1, 622: “gregem,Stat. Th. 10, 229: “fessa membra,to refresh, Ov. H. 4, 90: “vivāque nitentia lymphā membra novat,Val. Fl. 3, 423: “ardorem,Liv. 26, 19, 2: “vulnera mentis,Ov. P. 4, 11, 20; to break up fallow ground: “novate novale,Vulg. Jer. 4, 3: ager novatus, a field ploughed again, prepared for sowing: “agro non semel arato sed novato et iterato,Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131; Ov. P. 4, 2, 44.—To invent, coin, etc.: “verba,Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149; cf. id. ib. 3, 38, 154; so, “verbum aut inusitatum aut novatum aut translatum,id. ib. 3, 38, 152: “multa novantur in omni genere materiae,Quint. 5, 10, 106: “novata forma dicendi,id. 9, 1, 14: “ignotum hoc aliis ipse novavit opus,Ov. A. A. 3, 346.—
II. Transf., to change, alter.
B. In partic., in a political respect: novare res, to alter the existing constitution, to overthrow the government, make or effect a revolution: “res,Liv. 1, 52: “novandi res aliquam occasionem quaerentes,id. 24, 23, 6: “omnia novare velle,id. 35, 34; 32, 38 fin.: “Civilis novare res hoc modo coepit,Tac. H. 4, 14.—Also absol.: “novare: ubi primum dubiis rebus novandi spes oblata est,Sall. C. 39, 3; Liv. 42, 31; Tac. A. 4, 18; cf. impers. pass.: “ne quid eo spatio novaretur,Sall. C. 55, 1.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (24):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.540
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.752
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 4.3
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.18
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.14
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.30
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.37
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 23
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 34
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 19.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 38
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 3.5
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3.423
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 9.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 10.106
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 1.14
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 39
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 55
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.11
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.2
    • Statius, Thebias, 10
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
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