Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

I.adj. dim. [novus], young, new (esp. freq. in econom. lang.): “capra,” Varr. R. R. 2, 3: “juvenci,” id. ib. 1, 20: “boves,” Col. 6, 1, 3: “sues,” Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 211: “vineae,” Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1; cf.: “arbor et novella et vetula,” Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39: “vites,” Verg. E. 3, 11: “novellae gallinae,” which have hatched for the first time, Col. 8, 5, 8: “oppida,” newly founded, Liv. 2, 39, 3.—Poet., turba, qs. young brood, for children, Tib. 2, 2, 22: “cum regerem tenerā frena novella manu,” new, Ov. P. 4, 12, 24; so, “subtrahere colla novella jugo,” id. ib. 3, 7, 16: “novellum imperium,” Vop. Tac. 1: novellas et inauditas sectas veteribus religionibus opponere, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 3.—Hence, nŏvellē , adv., newly, = nove; “in supposit.,” Plaut. Poen. 8.—

II. Subst.

A. nŏvella , ae, f. (sc. vitis).

1. A vine newly planted, Coripp. Johann. 3, 327.—

2. A shoot, sucker: “filii tui sicut novellae olivarum,” Vulg. Psa. 127, 3.—

B. Nŏvellae , ārum, f. (sc. constitutiones), the Novels, a part of the Roman law published after the Codex.