new Copy link Outline 1. nŏvus2. rĕcens, ntis (fresh, recent; though the thing itself be not absolutely new)3. nŏvīcius or -tius (esp. of persons; as newly hired slaves, venales novicios, Quint. 8, 2, 84. nŏvellus (strictly dimin. of novus • new: 1. nŏvus: to found n. states, n. condere civitates, Cic. Rep. 1, 7, fin.: n. consuls (newly elected), n. consules, Suet. Caes. 15: a n. man (upstart; one whose family had enjoyed no state honours), n. homo, Cic. Mur. 7, 16: nothing n., nihil novi, id. Rep. 1, 14. Join. novus et [ante hunc diem] inauditus, id. Leg. init.; novus et inopinatus, id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, 24. N. milk, n. lac Ov. 2. rĕcens, ntis (fresh, recent; though the thing itself be not absolutely new): cf. Cic. Fl. 6, init., lex recens ac nova, i. e. newly passed and in itself novel, unprecedented: v. fresh. 3. nŏvīcius or -tius (esp. of persons; as newly hired slaves, venales novicios, Quint. 8, 2, 8: Varr.) also of things: n. wine, vinum n., Plin. 23, 1, 23: v. new-comer, novice. 4. nŏvellus (strictly dimin. of novus: sim. in force to novitius): n. settlers at Aquileia, n. Aquileienses, Liv. 41, 5, init.: n. vineyards, n. vineae, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, init.: Plin. Phr.: n. soldiers, tirones (v. recruit). N. Year's-day, Kalendae Januariae: to receive presents on N. Year's-day, strenas ineunte anno recipere, Suet. Cal. 42 (Ov. has novus annus, F. 1, 149, but the expr. is poetic). a n. tunic (with the nap of the cloth unworn), pexa tunica, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 95: Plin.. to make n., renovare (v. to renew).