novellae

See also: novellæ

Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) novellae

1. nominative feminine plural of novellus
2. genitive feminine singular of novellus
3. dative feminine singular of novellus
4. vocative feminine plural of novellus

Noun

novellae f pl

1. Novel thoughts or interpretations. Usually associated with Jewish commentaries, it may refer to any novel interpretation of a venerated text.
2. (law) New laws promulgated after the Justinian Code.

References

• novellae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “novellae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “novellae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin