novitas Latin · revision 31159

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *néwos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈnɔ.wɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈnɔː.vi.tas]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''novitās''' ''f'' (genitive novitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|novus|t=new]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tās]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary adds that it may be as old as [[ine-pro|*néwoteh₂ts]].^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨novus⟩ from [[itc-pro|*nowo-]] and [[m|ine-pro|*néwos|t=new, young]], cognate with [[sa|नव|tr=náva-|t=new]], [[grc|νέος|tr=néos|t=new, young]] and [[hit|nēwa-|t=new]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest examples in the OLD are Varro, “long custom does not stand in the way of novelty”, the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' and Lucretius;^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler gives Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is newness or novelty and an innovation, as Livy's senators watching the games apart, which caused talk “as every novelty does”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also unfamiliarity, the strangeness of something unheard of, as Cicero's novel manner of speaking, and the unexpected, as Caesar's “no one is so brave that he is not disturbed by the unexpected”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It is the state of replacing what came before, a new development or friendship, and ''novitās rērum'' a revolution;^(OLD 2012) Lucretius uses it of the freshness of the young world.^(OLD 2012) In politics it is the status of a ''novus homo'', the first of his family to hold high office, as in Cicero and Sallust.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin also gives “conversion” and “new condition”, and medieval Latin innovation or change.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of novelty.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of the young world.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a ''novus homo''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of the unexpected.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Newness, [[m|en|novelty]]; an [[m|en|innovation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Unfamiliarity, strangeness; a strange occurrence.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Unexpectedness, surprise.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Change;^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976) ''novitās rērum'', a [[m|en|revolution]].^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # Freshness; the time when something is new.^(OLD 2012)

+ # The status of a ''novus homo'', newness of rank.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|conversion|alt=Conversion]], a new condition.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[novus]]

+ * [[novō]]

+ * [[novellus]]

+ * [[en|novelty]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}