novus adj.
1 NV-,
new, not old, young, fresh, recent
: civitates condere novas: nobilitas,
S.: ut rursus novus de integro exsudetur labor,
a new task . . . all over again
, L.: imperator, S.: novum de integro proelium, L.: hanc ipsam novam (rem) devoravit,
his latest windfall
: flores,
new-blown
, H.: serpens,
which has cast its old skin
, O.: caro,
fresh
, Iu.—Plur
m
. as subst,
the moderns, our contemporaries
: Quae veteres factitarunt si faciant novi,
T.—Sing
n
. as subst: num quidnam esset novi?
any news?
—With
tabernae, the new shops
(of money-changers in the Forum): tabernae argentariae, quae nunc novae
appellantur, arsere, L.: sub novis (sc. tabernis): Nova
via,
New street
(skirting the north-western slope of the Palatine hill),
L.—With
tabulae, new account-books, a new account
(cancelling old debts): quid enim exspectas? bellum? . . . an tabulas novas? i.
e.
an abolition of debts
: polliceri tabulas novas,
S.—With
homo, the first of a family to obtain a curule office, one newly ennobled, an
upstart, self-made man
: me hominem novum consulem fecistis: hominibus novis honores
mandare.—As subst.. Hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis,
Iu.: pauci consules facti sunt, novus ante me nemo:
plebes novos extollebat,
men without ancestors
, S.—With
res, a new thing, news, novelty, innovation, revolution
: rem ullam novam adlatam esse: Maelius novis rebus
studens,
a revolution
: cupidus rerum novarum, Cs.: plebes novarum rerum cupida, S.: novarum rerum avidi, S.—
New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of
: em nova res ortast, T.: genus pugnae, Cs.: nova tibi haec
sunt et inopinata?: Ignoti nova forma viri, V.: monstra, H.: nova acies inaudita
ante id tempus, L.—Sing
n
. as subst: ne quid novi fiat.—
New, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced
: maritus, T.: Et
rudis ad partūs et nova miles eram, O.: delictis hostium novus, Ta.—Of order, only
sup,
latest, last, hindermost, extreme
: novissimi histriones: novissimum agmen,
rear
, Cs.: verba,
parting
, V.: <*>auda, i. e.
end
, O.—Plur
m
. as subst,
the rear, last line
: novissimis praesidio esse, Cs.:
novissimos adorti, Cs.
