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|lshtext=<b>nŏvus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. navas; Gr. [[νέος]]>, i. e. νεϝος; cf.: [[noverca]], [[nuntius]], [[denuo]], [[nuper]]; Germ. neu; Engl. [[new]],<br /><b>I</b> [[new]], not old, [[young]], [[fresh]], [[recent]], etc. (v. [[antiquus]] init.; cf.: [[recens]], [[novellus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: civitates condere novas, Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12: nova et a nobis inventa [[ratio]], id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.: [[nihil]] [[novi]] [[vobis]] afferam [[neque]] [[quod]] a me [[sit]] [[cogitatum]] aut [[inventum]], id. ib. 1, 14, 21: [[novus]] veteri [[exercitus]] jungitur, Liv. 7, 7; cf. [[miles]], Sall. J. 87, 2: [[imperator]], id. ib. 44, 2: novum de [[integro]] [[proelium]], Liv. 24, 16: [[Camillus]], id. 22, 14: consules, Suet. Caes. 15: [[serpens]], [[which]] has [[cast]] its old [[skin]], Ov. M. 9, 266: [[caro]], [[fresh]] [[meat]], Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Novae tabernae, or [[simply]] Novae (sub Novis), the [[new]] shops; [[many]] of the shops of the [[money]]-changers in the Forum were burned [[down]] A. U. C. 543, and those built on [[their]] sites were called Novae, those [[which]] remained [[standing]] Veteres (v. [[vetus]]), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48: sub Novis, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta [[pars]] in [[foro]] aedificiorum, [[quod]] [[vocabulum]] ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Novae tabulae, [[new]] [[account]]-books, by [[making]] [[which]] old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21: tum [[Catilina]] polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium, Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.: beneficiorum novae tabulae, i. e. [[forgetfulness]] of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Novus [[homo]], or [[homo]] [[novus]], the [[first]] of his [[family]] [[who]] obtained a [[curule]] [[office]], a [[man]] [[newly]] ennobled, an [[upstart]], Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138: [[adeptus]] es, [[quod]] non multi homines [[novi]], Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.: in Q. Pompeio, [[novo]] homine et fortissimo viro, id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.: M. Catoni, homini ignoto et [[novo]], id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.: hic [[novus]] Arpinas, [[ignobilis]], et [[modo]] Romae Municipalis [[eques]], Juv. 8, 237: nova [[nupta]], a [[bride]], Juv. 2, 120.—Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., [[recent]] writers: est et [[quod]] appellatur a novis [[νόημα]]>, Quint. 8, 5, 12: novorum [[lectio]], id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Novae res, [[new]] things, novelties: [[nihil]] te ad me [[postea]] scripsisse [[demiror]], [[praesertim]] tam novis rebus, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a [[new]] [[thing]], a [[novelty]]; [[news]]: novum attulerint, [[quod]] [[fit]] [[nusquam]] gentium, Plaut. Cas. prol. 70: num [[quidnam]] inquit [[novi]]? Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13: si [[quid]] [[novi]] vel [[sero]] invenissem, Quint. 2, 5, 3.—Plur.: novorum interpositione priora confundere, Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies [[political]] innovations, a [[revolution]]: Q. [[Servilius]] [[Ahala]] Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3: rerum novarum causam quaerere, id. Agr. 2, 33, 91: [[plebes]] novarum rerum cupida, Sall. C. 28, 4: cuncta [[plebes]] novarum rerum [[studio]] Catilinae incepta probabat, id. ib. 37, 1: novarum rerum avidi, id. J. 19, 1.—In a [[double]] [[sense]]: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam [[enim]] habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and [[new]] [[wealth]], Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New, [[novel]], [[strange]], [[singular]], [[unusual]], [[unheard]] of: flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3: [[nihil]] dicam aut inauditum [[vobis]] aut cuiquam novum, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.: novum [[crimen]] et [[ante]] hunc diem inauditum, id. Lig. 1, 1: nova [[tibi]] haec sunt et inopinata? id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5: novam in feminā virtutem [[novo]] genere honoris donavere, Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591: nova monstra, Hor. C. 1, 2, 6: si res agi videtur nova, magna, [[atrox]], Quint. 4, 1, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New in [[any]] [[thing]], [[unused]], [[unaccustomed]], [[inexperienced]] ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): et [[rudis]] ad [[partus]] et nova [[miles]] oram, Ov. H. 11, 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat.: [[novus]] dolori, Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf.: nova ferre jugum [[cervix]], Sil. 16, 332.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.: [[vocabulum]] pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu [[vetus]], Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recent: tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua, Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In eccl. Lat., renewed by [[grace]]: nova [[creatura]], Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17: induite novum hominem, ib. Eph. 4, 24.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in the [[sup]].: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the [[latest]], [[last]], hindermost, [[extreme]] (syn.: [[extremus]], [[proximus]], recentissimus): a quo (sc. [[novo]]) [[etiam]] extremum novissimum [[quoque]] dici [[coeptum]] [[vulgo]], [[quod]] meā memoriā ut [[Aelius]] sic senes [[aliquot]], [[nimium]] novum [[verbum]] [[quod]] esset, vitabant, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.: histriones, Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1: qui ex iis [[novissimus]] venit, necatur, Caes. B. G. 5, 56: novissimum [[agmen]], the [[rear]], id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the [[rear]] of an [[army]], the soldiers in the [[last]] [[line]]: novissimis praesidio esse, Caes. B. G. 1, 20: novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt, id. ib. 2, 11: dixitque novissima verba, Verg. A. 4, 650: novissima [[cauda]], i. e. the [[end]] of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963: [[luna]], Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like Engl. [[last]], [[extreme]], [[highest]]: exempla, the [[extreme]] [[penalty]], the [[penalty]] of [[death]], Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.: a summā spe, novissima exspectabat, id. ib. 6, 50: novissimum casum experitur, id. ib. 12, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp. in eccl. Lat.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Youngest: liberorum, Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lowest in [[rank]] or [[fortune]]: de novissimis populi, Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the [[end]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[place]]: terrae, Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9: a summo ad novissimum, the [[bottom]], id. Isa. 56, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[time]]: habent spem in novissimo, Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[place]], the [[bottom]], depths: abyssi, Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[time]]: habebis in novissimis spem, Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.: novissima hominis illius, the [[end]], id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in [[two]] forms.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form nŏvē, [[newly]], in a [[new]] or [[unusual]] [[manner]]: ornata ut [[lepide]]! ut [[concinne]]! ut [[nove]]! Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne [[quid]] [[ambigue]], ne [[quid]] [[nove]] dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15: verba [[nove]] aut [[insigniter]] dicta, Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form nŏvĭter, [[newly]]: BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA, Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377): [[amor]] [[noviter]] venit, Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med.—Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of [[time]], [[recently]], [[lately]], a [[short]] [[time]] [[ago]]: [[mater]] cum [[novissime]] aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 186 P.: [[quod]] [[novissime]] [[nobiscum]] [[foedus]] fecissent, id. ib.: [[novissime]], memoriā nostrā, [[argentum]] aere solutum est, Sall. C. 33, 2: [[liber]] quem [[novissime]] [[tibi]] misi, Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1: eloquendi rationem [[novissime]] repertam, Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of [[succession]], [[lastly]], [[last]] of all, [[finally]]: dicam [[primum]] ... [[deinde]] ... [[novissime]], Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2: [[primum]] ... [[post]] haec ... [[novissime]], Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.: [[primum]] ... [[post]] haec ... [[novissime]], id. 11, 2, 41: vel ... vel ... vel [[novissime]], id. 7, 1, 37: et ... et ... et [[novissime]], id. 2, 4, 10: cum plura interrogāsset ... [[novissime]] id inferebat, id. 5, 11, 3: [[novissime]] cum, etc. (= [[postremo]]), in the [[last]] [[fight]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.