novus

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Inflection 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Descendants

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Cognates include Ancient Greek νέος (neos), Sanskrit नव (náva) and Old English nīwe (English new).

[edit] Adjective

novus m. (feminine nova, neuter novum); first/second declension

1. new, not old

   Colonos novos ascribere.

   To appoint new inhabitants.

2. fresh, young
3. recent
4. unusual, extraordinary

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	novus	nova	novum		novī	novae	nova
genitive	novī	novae	novī		novōrum	novārum	novōrum
dative	novō	novae	novō		novīs	novīs	novīs
accusative	novum	novam	novum		novōs	novās	nova
ablative	novō	novā	novō		novīs	novīs	novīs
vocative	nove	nova	novum		novī	novae	nova

[edit] Derived terms

• nove
• novō
• renovō
• novae tabernae or Novae (the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing) Veteres (vide. vetus)
• sub Novis
• novae tabulae (new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled)

  (trope) beneficiorum novae tabulae (forgetfulness of benefits)

• Novum Testāmentum
• novus homo or homo novus (the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart)
• nova nupta (a bride)
• novae res (new things, novelties)

[edit] Descendants