novicius

Latin

Etymology

From novus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noˈu̯iː.ki.us/, [noˈu̯iːkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈvi.t͡ʃi.us/, [noˈviːt͡ʃius]

Adjective

novīcius (feminine novīcia, neuter novīcium); first/second-declension adjective

1. new, fresh

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	novīcius	novīcia	novīcium		novīciī	novīciae	novīcia
Genitive	novīciī	novīciae	novīciī		novīciōrum	novīciārum	novīciōrum
Dative	novīciō		novīciō		novīciīs
Accusative	novīcium	novīciam	novīcium		novīciōs	novīciās	novīcia
Ablative	novīciō	novīciā	novīciō		novīciīs
Vocative	novīcie	novīcia	novīcium		novīciī	novīciae	novīcia

Descendants

• English: novice
• French: novice
• Italian: novizio
• Portuguese: noviço
• Spanish: novicio

References

• “novicius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “novicius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• novicius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.