novellus Latin · revision 7970

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cato|origins=la novus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [nɔˈwɛl.lʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [noˈvɛl.lus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''novellus''' (feminine novella, neuter novellum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[novus]] “new” with the suffix [[-ellus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cato, of young plants.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant young, tender, of plants in Cato, and of animals in Varro, Columella and Pliny the Elder, especially frequent in farming language.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Livy it meant recently acquired, as the new colonists of Aquileia, and it also meant recent, and novel.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant young, new, and as a neuter plural young shoots.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for somewhat new.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''novello'' and Spanish ''novillo'' “young bull”, and Old French ''novel'' gave French ''nouveau'' and [[en|novel]] “new” in the mid-15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of young plants.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of young animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of the recently acquired.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''novel'' (adjective) is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Young, tender.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Recently acquired; recent.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of a new kind, [[m|en|novel]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[novellaster]]

+ * [[novellē]]

+ * [[novus]]

+ * [[en|novel]]

+ * [[en|nouveau]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}