novus Latin · revision 4842

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *néwos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnɔ.wʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnɔː.vus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''novus''' (feminine nova, neuter novum, comparative novior, superlative novissimus, adverb novē or noviter); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*nowo-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*néwos|t=new]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Sabellic has a different form, as [[xum|nuvis|t=new]], from [[ine-pro|*neuio-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[hit|newa-|t=new]], [[sa|नव|tr=náva|t=new]], [[grc|νέος|tr=néos|t=new]], [[lt|naũjas|t=new]] and [[en|new]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was new, made for the first time, as a new farmhouse in Cato, and young or fresh, as Cicero's new wine.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was unfamiliar or strange, unheard of, unexpected, additional, renewed, and replacing an earlier one, ''rēs nova'' was a new turn of events.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein contrasts it with [[recēns]], recent.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In medieval Latin ''dē novō'' meant “anew” or “recently”, and ''nova'' were news.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) It survives as [[it|nuovo]], [[es|nuevo]], [[pt|novo]] and [[ro|nou]].^(Wiktionary) English ''novel'' comes from [[novellus]], and ''novice'' from [[novīcius]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of something strange to him.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato speaks of building a new farmhouse.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''novice'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1560s – English ''novel'' “story” is recorded, from Italian ''novella''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|New]], [[m|en|fresh]], young.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Unfamiliar, strange; unheard of.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Unexpected.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Additional, renewed; replacing an earlier one.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''Rēs nova'', a new development.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' ''Dē novō'', anew, ''nova'', news.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēnuō]]

+ * [[novē]]

+ * [[novellus]]

+ * [[novitās]]

+ * [[novō]]

+ * [[nūntius]]

+ * [[renovō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nunc]]

+ * [[nūper]]

+ * [[recēns]]

+ * [[en|new]]

+ * [[en|novel]]

+ * [[en|novice]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}