novus (that did not exist before; opposed to vetus. In a wider sense also = unusual, unheard of; hence (The words are found in this connection and order.) novus et inauditus; and also = inexperienced. ☞ Cic. rarely used the superlative of novus; as in Cic., pro Rosc. Com., 11, 30): recens (lately come into existence, lately risen, fresh, young; opposed to antiquus; also, (The words are found in this connection and order.) recens ac novus or novus ac recens). Still new to anyone, insolitus (e.g., domicilium): a new law, lex nova (the like of which does not exist); lex recens (lately made). (The words are found in this connection and order.) lex recens ac novus (Cic., Flacc., 6): a new garment, vestis recens (not yet worn out): vestis nova (after a new fashion): new soldiers, milites novi (lately become such); tirones (still untrained): the new moon, luna nova: new words, vocabula nova (newly-formed); vocabula recentia (that have lately come into use): to coin new words, verba novare: a new nobility, nova nobilitas: the new philosophers, philosophi recentiores: is there anything new? num quidnam novi? what is there new pray? quid tandem novi? nothing new has arisen, nihil novi accessit: I have nothing new to tell you, novi, quod ad te scriberem, nihil erat: to make anything new, aliquid novare (to make for the first time; e.g., verba): aliquid renovare, or renovare et instaurare (to renew what formerly existed): to have new clothes on, nove vestitum esse (after a new fashion): veste recenti indutum esse (to have on a garment which is still new, not worn out): a new year, annus incipiens or iniens (the beginning): annus proximus (the next year): a new-year’s gift, strena: new-year’s day, primus incipientis anni dies: the new Academy, adolescentior Academia (the philosophical school so called).