novissima exempla

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).

Lit.

In gen.:

civitates condere novas,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

Liv. 7, 7; cf.

miles,

Sall. J. 87, 2:

imperator,

id. ib. 44, 2:

novum de integro proelium,

Liv. 24, 16:

Camillus,

id. 22, 14:

consules,

Suet. Caes. 15:

serpens,

which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

caro,

fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.

Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

sub Novis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

beneficiorum novae tabulae,

i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—

Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

Juv. 8, 237:

nova nupta,

a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

novorum lectio,

id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—

Novae res, new things, novelties:

nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

num quidnam inquit novi?

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

novorum interpositione priora confundere,

Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

rerum novarum causam quaerere,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

plebes novarum rerum cupida,

Sall. C. 28, 4:

cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

id. ib. 37, 1:

novarum rerum avidi,

id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

In partic.

New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

id. Lig. 1, 1:

nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

nova monstra,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

Quint. 4, 1, 33.—

New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

Ov. H. 11, 48.—

With dat.:

novus dolori,

Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—

With inf.:

nova ferre jugum cervix,

Sil. 16, 332.—

Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Recent:

tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—

In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

nova creatura,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

induite novum hominem,

ib. Eph. 4, 24.—

Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

histriones,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

novissimum agmen,

the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

novissimis praesidio esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

id. ib. 2, 11:

dixitque novissima verba,

Verg. A. 4, 650:

novissima cauda,

i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

luna,

Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—

Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

exempla,

the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

id. ib. 6, 50:

novissimum casum experitur,

id. ib. 12, 33.—

Esp. in eccl. Lat.

Youngest:

liberorum,

Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—

Lowest in rank or fortune:

de novissimis populi,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—

As subst.

Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.

Of place:

terrae,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

a summo ad novissimum,

the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—

Of time:

habent spem in novissimo,

Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—

Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.

Of place, the bottom, depths:

abyssi,

Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—

Of time:

habebis in novissimis spem,

Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

novissima hominis illius,

the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.

Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —

Form nŏvĭter, newly:

BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

amor noviter venit,

Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.

Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

id. ib.:

novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

Sall. C. 33, 2:

liber quem novissime tibi misi,

Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—

Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

primum... post haec... novissime,

Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

primum... post haec... novissime,

id. 11, 2, 41:

vel... vel... vel novissime,

id. 7, 1, 37:

et... et... et novissime,

id. 2, 4, 10:

cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

id. 5, 11, 3:

novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

exemplum, ī, n. (= exempulum, v. eximo), eig. ein aus einer Menge gleichartiger Dinge Ausgewähltes, woran die ihnen gemeinschaftlichen Eigenschaften anschaulich werden; dah. I) als etw. Ähnliches, Nachgebildetes, 1) die Probe, das Muster von etwas, purpurae, tritici, Cornif. rhet. 4, 9.

2) die Abschrift, Kopie, a) objektiv, Caesaris litterarum exemplum tibi misi, Cic.: tuae litterae, quarum exemplum legi, Cic. – b) subjektiv = der Inhalt, Wortlaut einer Schrift, litterae sunt allatae hoc exemplo, dieses Inhaltes, Cic.: alterae (tabulae testamenti) eodem exemplo relictae, gleiches Inhaltes, gleichlautende, Caes.

3) in der Kunst = die Kopie, das Abbild in der Malerei, der Abdruck in der Bildnerei, hinc exemplum ut pingeretis, Plaut.: hic quoque exemplum (einen Abdruck als Marke) reliquit, Plaut. – dah. übtr., unum aliquem te ex barbatis illis exemplum (Abbild) imperii veteris, imaginem (Konterfei) antiquitatis intueri, Cic.: exemplum dei quisque est in imagine parva, Manil. – Homeri ingenium sine exemplo (gleichs. ohne Gegenstück) maximum, der über allen Vergleich erhabene, Vell.: u. so supra omnia exempla sanctissima uxor, Inscr. (s. Ruhnken Vell. 1, 5 in.).

4) die ähnliche Art, Weise der Beschaffenheit und

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Handlungsweise nach, ad idem exemplum (auf dieselbe W.) somnium quam simile somniavit, Plaut.: Ch. Nomen patris ... quod ad exemplum est? (mit welchem [andern Namen] hat er Ähnlichkeit, auf welche Art lautet er?) Sy. Ad hoc exemplum Char ... (ähnlich so wie Char...). Ch. an Chares? an Charidemus? Plaut.: ad hoc exemplum (so wie du da bist, so wie du da aussiehst) te exornavi, Plaut.: credo istoc exemplo (in dieser Stellung) tibi esse eundum ad portam, Plaut.: nunc huc nunc illuc, exemplo nubis aquosae (wie eine W.) fertur, Ov. – quaestionem haberi eodem exemplo, quo M. Pomponius praetor habuisset, auf dieselbe Weise wie usw., ganz ähnlich wie usw., Liv.: uno exemplo vitam vivere, auf einerlei Weise, Plaut.: exemplo malo committi, auf bedenkliche Weise, Iuven. – im Plur., alqm omnibus od. pessumis exemplis cruciare od. excruciare, jmd. auf jede od. die schrecklichste Art martern, Plaut.: te omnes di malis exemplis perdant, Ter. (vgl. Lindemann Plaut. capt. 3, 5, 33).

II) als etwas Nachzuahmendes = das Beispiel, Muster, A) in technischer Hinsicht, 1) im allg.: si musici vocem docentium, pictores opera priorum, rustici probatam experimento culturam in exemplum intuentur, achten als wie auf ein Muster auf usw., Quint.: tempora illa, quae sine exemplis fuerunt, Quint.: quae in exemplum assumimus (sc. in orationi-

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bus), was wir zum M. nehmen, Quint.

2) insbes.: a) in der Baukunst = das Muster, Modell, aedes probant; sibi quisque inde exemplum expetunt, Plaut.: superposuit altissimam turrem in exemplum Alexandrini Phari, Suet. – b) in der Bildnerei u. Malerei = das Original, in mutum simulacrum ab animali exemplo (nach einem lebenden O.) transfertur, Cic.: illi fuit exemplorum eligendi potestas, Cic.: huiusmodi tractare exempla, Plaut. – c) der Entwurf, das Konzept zu einer Schrift, litterarum exemplum componere, Cic.: cum ad te harum (litterarum) exemplum in codicillis exaravi, Cic.

B) in geistiger u. ethischer Hinsicht: 1) das Muster, Vorbild für unser Verhalten, feruntur enim ex optimis naturae et veritatis exemplis, sie sind von den besten Vorbildern, der Natur u. der Wahrheit, genommen, Cic.: ex. innocentiae, pudicitiae, ein M. von usw., Cic.: vir mali exempli, Sen.: vir exempli recti, ein M. von Geradheit, Cic.: magnum exemplum continentiae, Ter.: honestum ex., ein M. von Bescheidenheit, Tac.: exemplum capere ex alqo, sich ein Beispiel an jmd. nehmen, Ter.: so auch exemplum capere de alqo, Ter.: ab alqo, Cic. u. Liv.: u. hinc exemplum capere, Plaut.: u. exemplum petere ab alqo, Cic. u. Liv.

2) das Beispiel = das Verfahren, Benehmen, die Handlung (Tat), insofern es od. sie nachahmenswert

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od. verabscheuungswürdig ist, inductum pessimum exemplum, ut optimum opponeretur, Plin. pan.: alqd aliorum exemplo institutoque facere, etwas nach anderer Beispiel und Vorgange tun, Cic.: more et exemplo populi Romani, nach der Sitte und dem Verfahren (Brauch) des usw., Caes.: se exemplo (nach anderer Beispiel, Vorgang) fecisse, quod fecisset, Cic.: exemplum dare, Tac.: dare in (für) omnes provincias exemplum, Tac.: dare magna exempla, Iuven.: inter exempla esse od. haberi, als B. dienen, Sen. u. Solin.: alcis exemplum sequi, sich jmds. Beispiel (Benehmen) zum Muster nehmen, Nep.: commoverat quosdam magnitudine exempli, durch die Erhabenheit seines Beispiels (Benehmens), Tac.: insigne Epponinae uxoris exemplum (das ausgezeichnete Benehmen) suo loco reddemus, Tac.: singulare omnium saeculorum exemplum ausae, Iustin.: exemplo carens (beispiellos) luctus erat, Lucan. 9, 169. – plus exemplo (durch ihr übles Beispiel) quam peccato nocent, Cic.: in alqo exemplum periculosum prodere, Cic. – ut huius urbis iura et exempla corrumperes, Rechtsbestimmungen u. Vorgänge (= Verfahren u. Normen in der Ausübung des Rechts), Cic. – sub hoc exemplo, nach diesem B. (Vorgange), Plin. ep. 1, 18, 5; 2, 6, 6 u.a.: sub his exemplis, nach diesen Vorgängen, Vell. 2, 127, 3.

3) das Beispiel zur Nachachtung, Warnung, das

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warnende Beispiel, das Strafbeispiel (vgl. Brix Plaut. capt. 688. Spalding Quint. 4, 1, 7. Gronov Liv. 2, 30, 1), a) im allg.: ex. bonum, utile, Tac.: ut arcendis sceleribus exemplum nobile esset, damit ein auffallendes B. gegeben würde, um usw., Liv.: exemplum severitatis edere, Cic.: ea in civitatem Carthaginiensium exempla edere, Liv.: uterque in te exempla edent, Ter.: dare ultionis exemplum, Tac.: dare exemplum praecavendi, Tac.: exemplum praebere, ut etc., Hor.: exemplo territus huius, Ov. – b) das Strafbeispiel, die Strafe (vgl. Held Caes. b.G. 1, 31. § 9), habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, Tac.: deditos in fidem populi Romani omni ultimae crudelitatis exemplo laceratos ac deletos esse, Liv.: exemplum statuere in alqm u. in alqo, Ter., Cic. u.a.: u. so statuite exemplum impudenti, date pudori praemium, Plaut.: statuite exemplum, quantae poenae sint in civitate hominibus istius modi comparatae, Cornif. rhet. – u. bes. im Plur., meritum novissima exempla Mithridatem, verdient habe M. die härteste Strafe, Tac.: exempla in alqm facere od. edere, jmd. empfindlich bestrafen, Komik., Caes. u.a. (s. Ruhnken Ter. eun. 5, 4, 24. Drak. Liv. 29, 27, 4): in alqm omnia exempla cruciatusque edere, an jmd. qualvolle Strafen vollziehen, Caes.: exempla in eum fient, er wird empfindlich bestraft werden, Ter.: mala exempla, übel angewandte Strafbeispiele, Sall.

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III) als etwas einen ähnlichen Fall Erläuterndes, Beweisendes, Bestätigendes (als Synon. von documentum, s. Cornif. rhet. 4, 5. Cic. de inv. 1, 49), das Beispiel, hisce ego rebus exempla adiungerem, nisi etc., Cic.: fieri tamen potest, ut ex aliis legibus exempla ducamus, per quae appareat etc., Quint.: magna exempla casuum humanorum, Liv.: exemplum insigne mutationis rerum humanarum, Liv. (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 44, 5. Mützell Curt. 5, 4 [17], 5). – dah. exempli causā od. gratiā u. in exemplum, um als Beispiel zu dienen, um ein Beispiel zu geben od. anzuführen, beispielsweise (wenn ein histor. od. erdachtes Faktum zum Beweis usw. wirklich angeführt wird), exempli causā paucos nominavi, Cic.: in ea muliere etiamnunc, quasi exempli causā, vestigia antiqui officii remanent, Cic.: satis est unam rem, exempli gratiā, proferre, Nep.: vel exempli gratiā, in Verrem de L. Domitio, Quint.: ex quibus in exemplum pauca hinc inde subieci, Suet.

exemplum, i, n. [eximo], orig., what is taken out as a sample (cf. eximius, from eximo), a sample.

Prop. (cf. exemplar, specimen):

purpurae, tritici,

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.—Hence,

Transf.

An imitation, image, portrait taken from something; a draught, transcript, copy.

Hic quoque exemplum reliquit, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 56; cf.:

o Apella, o Zeuxis pictor, Cur numero estis mortui? hinc exemplum ut pingeretis: Nam alios pictores nihil moror hujusmodi tractare exempla,

id. Poen. 5, 4, 102 sq.; and in a pun with the follg. signif. under B.: Th. Exempla edepol faciam ego in te. Tr. Quia placeo, exemplum expetis, id. Most. 5, 1, 67:

aedes probant: sibi quisque Inde exemplum expetunt,

a sketch, draught, id. ib. 1, 2, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 75 sq.:

Pompeii litterarum ad consulem exemplum attulit: Litterae mihi a L. Domitio allatae sunt: earum exemplum infra scripsi... Deinde supposuit exemplum epistolae Domitii, quod ego ad te pridie miseram,

a transcript, copy, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 1 sq.; 8, 11, 6; 7, 23, 3; id. Fam. 9, 26, 3; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 23 al.—

An equal, parallel:

clarissimum Homeri inluxit ingenium, sine exemplo maximum,

Vell. 1, 5, 1.—

A sample for imitation, instruction, proof, a pattern, model, original, example, precedent, case (the predominant meaning of the word).

In gen.:

ut mutum in simulacrum ex animali exemplo veritas transferatur,

from a living model, original, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

feruntur enim ex optimis naturae et veritatis exemplis,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69:

propones illi exempla ad imitandum,

id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; cf.:

habere exemplum ad imitandum (corresp. to exemplar),

id. Mur. 31, 66; and:

nostris exemplo fuit ad imitandum,

Suet. Gramm. 2:

exposita ad exemplum nostra re publica,

Cic. Rep. 1, 46 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 31 fin.:

loquimur de iis amicis, qui ante oculos sunt... Ex hoc numero nobis exempla sumenda sunt,

id. Lael. 11, 38:

aliquem ex barbatis illis exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

a sapiente petitur exemplum,

id. Off. 3, 4, 16:

exemplum a me petere,

Liv. 7, 32, 12:

ab eodem Pompeio omnium rerum egregiarum exempla sumantur,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:

ab se ipso exemplum capi posse,

Liv. 1, 49, 2; cf.:

cum et ipse sis quasi unicum exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,

Cic. Rep. 3, 5:

quod in juventute habemus illustrius exemplum veteris sanctitatis?

id. Phil. 3, 6, 15:

innocentiae,

id. de Or. 1, 53, 229:

qua in muliere etiam nunc quasi exempli causa vestigia antiqui officii remanent,

as a pattern, example, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27 (cf. infra, 2.):

eum virum, unde pudoris pudicitiaeque exempla peterentur,

id. Deiot. 10, 28:

firmare animum constantibus exemplis (for constantiae),

Tac. A. 16, 35; cf.:

exemplum modestum,

id. H. 2, 64:

vitiosi principes plus exemplo quam peccato nocent,

by their example, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32:

(Tullus Hostilius) de imperio suo, exemplo Pompilii, populum consuluit curiatim,

id. Rep. 2, 17:

quod autem exemplo nostrae civitatis usus sum, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 39: atrox videbatur Appi sententia;

rursus Vergini Larciique exemplo haud salubres,

i. e. judged by the precedent, Liv. 2, 30 init.:

divinare morientes etiam illo exemplo confirmat Posidonius, quo affert, etc.,

by that example, that case, Cic. Div. 1, 30, 64; id. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

hinc illa et apud Graecos exempla... levitatis Atheniensium crudelitatisque in amplissimos cives exempla,

id. Rep. 1, 3:

datum in omnes provincias exemplum,

Tac. A. 1, 78; so,

dare exemplum,

to set the example, id. ib. 4, 50:

tertia legio exemplum ceteris praebuit,

id. H. 2, 85; 4, 52; Val. Max. 3, 6, 5.—

Esp. in phrase: exempli causā or gratiā, for instance, for an example (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 437):

exempli causa paucos nominavi,

for example's sake, Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 2; cf.:

quia in alicujus libris exempli causa id nomen invenerant, putarunt, etc.,

id. Mur. 12, 27; id. Inv. 1, 37, 66:

haec exempli gratia sufficient,

Quint. 9, 2, 56; cf.:

pauca exempli gratia ponam,

id. 6, 5, 6; 5, 10, 110; cf.:

ex quibus in exemplum pauca subjeci,

Suet. Tib. 21 et saep.:

venit in exemplum furor,

teaches, Ov. F. 4, 243; cf. Just. 23, 3.—

In partic., a warning example, an example, warning, punishment (rare):

exemplum statuite in me, ut adolescentuli vobis placere studeant potius quam sibi,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 51; cf.:

quibus liberi sunt, statuite exemplum, quantae poenae in civitate sint hominibus istiusmodi comparatae,

Auct. Her. 4, 35, 47:

simile in superiore parte provinciae edere exemplum severitatis tuae,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5; cf. Tac. A. 3, 36 fin.; so,

edere exempla in aliquem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 21; Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 12; Liv. 29, 27, 4:

ut ne viderem, quae futura exempla dicunt in eum indigna,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 24:

habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum,

Tac. A. 14, 44:

meritum quidem novissima exempla Mithridatem,

i. e. the punishment of death, id. ib. 12, 20:

esse in exemplo,

to serve as a warning, Ov. M. 9, 454; cf. Vulg. Judae, 7 al.:

exemplo supplicii reliquos deterrere,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 44, 1.—

Law t. t., a precedent:

ad exemplum trahere,

Just. Inst. 1, 2, 6:

alicui sine exemplo subvenire,

id. ib. —

A way, manner, kind, nature:

multi more isto atque exemplo vivunt,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 11; cf.:

negat se more et exemplo populi Romani posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3:

uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 132:

istoc exemplo,

id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

quot me exemplis ludificatust,

id. Ep. 5, 2, 6:

eodem exemplo, quo,

Liv. 31, 12, 3:

ad hoc exemplum,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 6:

quod ad exemplum,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 76 et saep.—Hence often of methods or examples of punishment (cf. 3. supra):

quando ego te exemplis pessumis cruciavero,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 33:

omnibus exemplis crucior,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 6; cf. id. Most. 1, 3, 35; 55; 5, 1, 67.—Freq. of the tenor, purport, contents of a letter, etc.:

litterae uno exemplo,

i. e. of the same tenor, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 1; 10, 5, 1:

scribere bis eodem exemplo,

id. ib. 9, 16, 1:

testamentum duplex... sed eodem exemplo,

Suet. Tib. 76:

Capua litterae sunt allatae hoc exemplo: Pompeius mare transiit, etc.,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:

(litterarum) exemplum componere,

id. Agr. 2, 20, 53; Suet. Calig. 55.

1) проба, образчик (tritici rhH.)

2) образец (innocentiae, probitatis C); пример (sequi e. alicujus C)

3) прецедент ( jura et exempla C); предостерегающий пример, предостережение (e. statuere in aliquem или in aliquo Ter, C etc.)

4) примерное наказание (arcendis sceleribus e. esse L)

5) образ, способ

6) подобие (Homeri ingenium sine exemplo VP)

7) план, набросок (litterarum e. componĕre C)

8) копия, список (epistulae, litterarum C)

9) содержание

, i n

  1) пример, образец;

  2) примерное наказание, казнь

  ♦ novissima exempla pl. тягчайшее неказание, высшее наказание

1) новый ( navis L); ранний (aestas Sl, V); вновь сформированный, только что набранный ( legio C); вновь избранный ( consul L); молодой ( arbor Col); юный ( aetas O); недавно сжатый ( frumentum C); свежий ( lac V)

2) небывалый, неслыханный, невиданный, беспримерный (crimen C, V; monstra H); необычный ( genus pugnae Cs); редкий, редкостный (immanitas, exemplum C)

3)

а) неопытный; не привыкший, непривычный (aliquā re, alicui rei или ad aliquid)

б) необъезженный (equus C, O)

4) второй, другой

5) superl. novissimus крайний, последний или тыловой, задний

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).

Lit.

In gen.:

civitates condere novas,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

Liv. 7, 7; cf.

miles,

Sall. J. 87, 2:

imperator,

id. ib. 44, 2:

novum de integro proelium,

Liv. 24, 16:

Camillus,

id. 22, 14:

consules,

Suet. Caes. 15:

serpens,

which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

caro,

fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.

Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

sub Novis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

beneficiorum novae tabulae,

i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—

Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

Juv. 8, 237:

nova nupta,

a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

novorum lectio,

id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—

Novae res, new things, novelties:

nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

num quidnam inquit novi?

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

novorum interpositione priora confundere,

Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

rerum novarum causam quaerere,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

plebes novarum rerum cupida,

Sall. C. 28, 4:

cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

id. ib. 37, 1:

novarum rerum avidi,

id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

In partic.

New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

id. Lig. 1, 1:

nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

nova monstra,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

Quint. 4, 1, 33.—

New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

Ov. H. 11, 48.—

With dat.:

novus dolori,

Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—

With inf.:

nova ferre jugum cervix,

Sil. 16, 332.—

Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Recent:

tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—

In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

nova creatura,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

induite novum hominem,

ib. Eph. 4, 24.—

Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

histriones,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

novissimum agmen,

the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

novissimis praesidio esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

id. ib. 2, 11:

dixitque novissima verba,

Verg. A. 4, 650:

novissima cauda,

i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

luna,

Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—

Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

exempla,

the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

id. ib. 6, 50:

novissimum casum experitur,

id. ib. 12, 33.—

Esp. in eccl. Lat.

Youngest:

liberorum,

Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—

Lowest in rank or fortune:

de novissimis populi,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—

As subst.

Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.

Of place:

terrae,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

a summo ad novissimum,

the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—

Of time:

habent spem in novissimo,

Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—

Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.

Of place, the bottom, depths:

abyssi,

Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—

Of time:

habebis in novissimis spem,

Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

novissima hominis illius,

the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.

Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —

Form nŏvĭter, newly:

BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

amor noviter venit,

Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.

Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

id. ib.:

novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

Sall. C. 33, 2:

liber quem novissime tibi misi,

Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—

Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

primum... post haec... novissime,

Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

primum... post haec... novissime,

id. 11, 2, 41:

vel... vel... vel novissime,

id. 7, 1, 37:

et... et... et novissime,

id. 2, 4, 10:

cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

id. 5, 11, 3:

novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).

Lit.

In gen.:

civitates condere novas,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

Liv. 7, 7; cf.

miles,

Sall. J. 87, 2:

imperator,

id. ib. 44, 2:

novum de integro proelium,

Liv. 24, 16:

Camillus,

id. 22, 14:

consules,

Suet. Caes. 15:

serpens,

which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

caro,

fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.

Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

sub Novis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

beneficiorum novae tabulae,

i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—

Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

Juv. 8, 237:

nova nupta,

a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

novorum lectio,

id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—

Novae res, new things, novelties:

nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

num quidnam inquit novi?

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

novorum interpositione priora confundere,

Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

rerum novarum causam quaerere,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

plebes novarum rerum cupida,

Sall. C. 28, 4:

cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

id. ib. 37, 1:

novarum rerum avidi,

id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

In partic.

New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

id. Lig. 1, 1:

nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

nova monstra,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

Quint. 4, 1, 33.—

New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

Ov. H. 11, 48.—

With dat.:

novus dolori,

Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—

With inf.:

nova ferre jugum cervix,

Sil. 16, 332.—

Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Recent:

tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—

In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

nova creatura,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

induite novum hominem,

ib. Eph. 4, 24.—

Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

histriones,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

novissimum agmen,

the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

novissimis praesidio esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

id. ib. 2, 11:

dixitque novissima verba,

Verg. A. 4, 650:

novissima cauda,

i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

luna,

Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—

Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

exempla,

the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

id. ib. 6, 50:

novissimum casum experitur,

id. ib. 12, 33.—

Esp. in eccl. Lat.

Youngest:

liberorum,

Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—

Lowest in rank or fortune:

de novissimis populi,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—

As subst.

Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.

Of place:

terrae,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

a summo ad novissimum,

the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—

Of time:

habent spem in novissimo,

Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—

Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.

Of place, the bottom, depths:

abyssi,

Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—

Of time:

habebis in novissimis spem,

Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

novissima hominis illius,

the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.

Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —

Form nŏvĭter, newly:

BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

amor noviter venit,

Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.

Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

id. ib.:

novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

Sall. C. 33, 2:

liber quem novissime tibi misi,

Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—

Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

primum... post haec... novissime,

Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

primum... post haec... novissime,

id. 11, 2, 41:

vel... vel... vel novissime,

id. 7, 1, 37:

et... et... et novissime,

id. 2, 4, 10:

cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

id. 5, 11, 3:

novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).

Lit.

In gen.:

civitates condere novas,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

Liv. 7, 7; cf.

miles,

Sall. J. 87, 2:

imperator,

id. ib. 44, 2:

novum de integro proelium,

Liv. 24, 16:

Camillus,

id. 22, 14:

consules,

Suet. Caes. 15:

serpens,

which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

caro,

fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.

Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

sub Novis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

beneficiorum novae tabulae,

i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—

Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

Juv. 8, 237:

nova nupta,

a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

novorum lectio,

id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—

Novae res, new things, novelties:

nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

num quidnam inquit novi?

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

novorum interpositione priora confundere,

Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

rerum novarum causam quaerere,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

plebes novarum rerum cupida,

Sall. C. 28, 4:

cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

id. ib. 37, 1:

novarum rerum avidi,

id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

In partic.

New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

id. Lig. 1, 1:

nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

nova monstra,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

Quint. 4, 1, 33.—

New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

Ov. H. 11, 48.—

With dat.:

novus dolori,

Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—

With inf.:

nova ferre jugum cervix,

Sil. 16, 332.—

Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Recent:

tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—

In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

nova creatura,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

induite novum hominem,

ib. Eph. 4, 24.—

Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

histriones,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

novissimum agmen,

the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

novissimis praesidio esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

id. ib. 2, 11:

dixitque novissima verba,

Verg. A. 4, 650:

novissima cauda,

i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

luna,

Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—

Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

exempla,

the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

id. ib. 6, 50:

novissimum casum experitur,

id. ib. 12, 33.—

Esp. in eccl. Lat.

Youngest:

liberorum,

Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—

Lowest in rank or fortune:

de novissimis populi,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—

As subst.

Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.

Of place:

terrae,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

a summo ad novissimum,

the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—

Of time:

habent spem in novissimo,

Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—

Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.

Of place, the bottom, depths:

abyssi,

Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—

Of time:

habebis in novissimis spem,

Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

novissima hominis illius,

the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.

Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —

Form nŏvĭter, newly:

BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

amor noviter venit,

Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.

Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

id. ib.:

novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

Sall. C. 33, 2:

liber quem novissime tibi misi,

Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—

Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

primum... post haec... novissime,

Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

primum... post haec... novissime,

id. 11, 2, 41:

vel... vel... vel novissime,

id. 7, 1, 37:

et... et... et novissime,

id. 2, 4, 10:

cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

id. 5, 11, 3:

novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

nŏvus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. navas; Gr. neos, i. e. neWos; cf.: noverca, nuntius, denuo, nuper; Germ. neu; Engl. new], new, not old, young, fresh, recent, etc. (v. antiquus init.; cf.: recens, novellus).

Lit.

In gen.:

civitates condere novas,

Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

nova et a nobis inventa ratio,

id. ib. 1, 8, 13; cf.:

nihil novi vobis afferam neque quod a me sit cogitatum aut inventum,

id. ib. 1, 14, 21:

novus veteri exercitus jungitur,

Liv. 7, 7; cf.

miles,

Sall. J. 87, 2:

imperator,

id. ib. 44, 2:

novum de integro proelium,

Liv. 24, 16:

Camillus,

id. 22, 14:

consules,

Suet. Caes. 15:

serpens,

which has cast its old skin, Ov. M. 9, 266:

caro,

fresh meat, Juv. 11, 85.—Special phrases.

Novae tabernae, or simply Novae (sub Novis), the new shops; many of the shops of the money-changers in the Forum were burned down A. U. C. 543, and those built on their sites were called Novae, those which remained standing Veteres (v. vetus), Liv. 26, 27; 3, 48:

sub Novis,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf.: sub Novis dicta pars in foro aedificiorum, quod vocabulum ei pervetustum, Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Novae tabulae, new account-books, by making which old debts were cancelled, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 84; id. Phil. 6, 4, 11; id. Att. 5, 21, 13; 14, 21, 4; Caes. B. C. 3, 1; 3, 21:

tum Catilina polliceri tabulas novas, proscriptionem locupletium,

Sall. C. 21, 2.—Hence, trop.:

beneficiorum novae tabulae,

i. e. forgetfulness of benefits, Sen. Ben. 1, 4, 6.—

Novus homo, or homo novus, the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138:

adeptus es, quod non multi homines novi,

Cic. Fam. 5, 18, 1; cf.:

in Q. Pompeio, novo homine et fortissimo viro,

id. Mur. 7, 16 sq.:

M. Catoni, homini ignoto et novo,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

hic novus Arpinas, ignobilis, et modo Romae Municipalis eques,

Juv. 8, 237:

nova nupta,

a bride, Juv. 2, 120.— Plur. subst.: nŏvi, ōrum, m., recent writers: est et quod appellatur a novis noêma, Quint. 8, 5, 12:

novorum lectio,

id. 2, 5, 26; 5, 4, 1.—

Novae res, new things, novelties:

nihil te ad me postea scripsisse demiror, praesertim tam novis rebus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4.—Also subst.: nŏvum, i, n., a new thing, a novelty; news:

novum attulerint, quod fit nusquam gentium,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 70:

num quidnam inquit novi?

Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13:

si quid novi vel sero invenissem,

Quint. 2, 5, 3.— Plur.:

novorum interpositione priora confundere,

Quint. 10, 3, 32; 8, 3, 60.—But, in gen., novae res signifies political innovations, a revolution:

Q. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu suā occidit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

rerum novarum causam quaerere,

id. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

plebes novarum rerum cupida,

Sall. C. 28, 4:

cuncta plebes novarum rerum studio Catilinae incepta probabat,

id. ib. 37, 1:

novarum rerum avidi,

id. J. 19, 1.—In a double sense: Segulium neglegamus, qui res novas quaerit: non quo veterem comederit—nullam enim habuit—sed hanc ipsam recentem novam devorārit, innovations and new wealth, Cic. Fam. 11, 21, 2.—

In partic.

New, novel, strange, singular, unusual, unheard of:

flagitia ingentia, nova, capitalia,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 3:

nihil dicam aut inauditum vobis aut cuiquam novum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 137; cf.:

novum crimen et ante hunc diem inauditum,

id. Lig. 1, 1:

nova tibi haec sunt et inopinata?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

novam in feminā virtutem novo genere honoris donavere,

Liv. 2, 13; Verg. A. 3, 591:

nova monstra,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 6:

si res agi videtur nova, magna, atrox,

Quint. 4, 1, 33.—

New in any thing, unused, unaccustomed, inexperienced ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

et rudis ad partus et nova miles oram,

Ov. H. 11, 48.—

With dat.:

novus dolori,

Sil. 6, 254; Tac. Agr. 16.—

With inf.:

nova ferre jugum cervix,

Sil. 16, 332.—

Nova Via structa esse dicitur regnante Ser. Tullio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Mull.; v. Müll. ib. p. 389, a; cf.:

vocabulum pervetustum ut Novae viae, quae via jam diu vetus,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.—

Recent:

tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua,

Vulg. Psa. 138, 5.—

In eccl. Lat., renewed by grace:

nova creatura,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 5, 17:

induite novum hominem,

ib. Eph. 4, 24.—

Transf., in the sup.: nŏvissĭmus, a, um, the latest, last, hindermost, extreme (syn.:

extremus, proximus, recentissimus): a quo (sc. novo) etiam extremum novissimum quoque dici coeptum vulgo, quod meā memoriā ut Aelius sic senes aliquot, nimium novum verbum quod esset, vitabant,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.:

histriones,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 30; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 3; Cass. ib. 12, 13, 1:

qui ex iis novissimus venit, necatur,

Caes. B. G. 5, 56:

novissimum agmen,

the rear, id. ib. 1, 15; 7, 68. —So as subst.: nŏvissĭmi, ōrum, the rear of an army, the soldiers in the last line:

novissimis praesidio esse,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem conciderunt,

id. ib. 2, 11:

dixitque novissima verba,

Verg. A. 4, 650:

novissima cauda,

i. e. the end of, Ov. M. 3, 681; 13, 963:

luna,

Plin. 2, 13, 10, § 56.—

Like Engl. last, extreme, highest:

exempla,

the extreme penalty, the penalty of death, Tac. A. 12, 20; 15, 44; and absol.:

a summā spe, novissima exspectabat,

id. ib. 6, 50:

novissimum casum experitur,

id. ib. 12, 33.—

Esp. in eccl. Lat.

Youngest:

liberorum,

Vulg. Jos. 6, 26.—

Lowest in rank or fortune:

de novissimis populi,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 13, 33.—

As subst.

Sing.: nŏvissĭmum, i, n., the end.

Of place:

terrae,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 9:

a summo ad novissimum,

the bottom, id. Isa. 56, 11.—

Of time:

habent spem in novissimo,

Vulg. Prov. 23, 18.—

Plur.: nŏvissĭma, ōrum, n.

Of place, the bottom, depths:

abyssi,

Vulg. Job. 38, 16.—

Of time:

habebis in novissimis spem,

Vulg. Prov. 24, 14; cf.:

novissima hominis illius,

the end, id. Luc. 11, 26.—Hence, adv. (not in Cic.) in two forms.

Form nŏvē, newly, in a new or unusual manner:

ornata ut lepide! ut concinne! ut nove!

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 38: ne quid ambigue, ne quid nove dicamus, * Auct. Her. 1, 9, 15:

verba nove aut insigniter dicta,

Gell. 19, 7, 2; cf. id. 17, 2, 13; Sen. Contr. 1, 4 fin. —

Form nŏvĭter, newly:

BASILICA IVLIA A SE NOVITER REPARATA,

Inscr. Orell. 24 (A. D. 377):

amor noviter venit,

Fulg. Myth. 3, 1 med. — Sup.: nŏvissĭmē.

Of time, recently, lately, a short time ago: mater cum novissime aegrotāsset, Val. Antias. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.:

quod novissime nobiscum foedus fecissent,

id. ib.:

novissime, memoriā nostrā, argentum aere solutum est,

Sall. C. 33, 2:

liber quem novissime tibi misi,

Plin. Ep. 8, 3, 1:

eloquendi rationem novissime repertam,

Quint. 12 praef. § 3.—

Of succession, lastly, last of all, finally:

dicam primum... deinde... novissime,

Sen. Ira, 3, 5, 2:

primum... post haec... novissime,

Quint. 3, 6, 24; cf.:

primum... post haec... novissime,

id. 11, 2, 41:

vel... vel... vel novissime,

id. 7, 1, 37:

et... et... et novissime,

id. 2, 4, 10:

cum plura interrogāsset... novissime id inferebat,

id. 5, 11, 3:

novissime cum, etc. (= postremo),

in the last fight, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 3.

novus, a, um (νέος), (Compar. novior, novius, Varro LL. 6, 59. Gell. 6 [7], 17, 8, Superl. novissimus, Varro LL., Cic. u.a.), neu, jung (Ggstz. vetus, priscus), I) eig., v. der Entstehung, A) im allg.: aedes, Plaut.: navis, Liv.: murus (Ggstz. dirutus murus), Liv.: monumenta (Ggstz. refecta), Suet.: ver, Verg. u. Ov.: aestas, Sall. fr. u. Verg.: aetas, die frische Jugend (Ggstz. senior aetas), Ov.: senatus, Liv.: consules, Liv.: maritus, Neuvermählter, Bräutigam, nova nupta, Neuvermählte, Braut, verb. novus maritus et nova nupta, novus maritus cum nova nupta, nova nupta et novus maritus, Bräutigam u. Braut, Braut u. Bräutigam, Plaut., Varro u.a.: nova nuptula, das Bräutchen, Varro fr.: nova vitia (Ggstz. vitia antiquitus tradita), Sen.: novi rhetores (Ggstz. veteres oratores), Tac. dial.: novus homo, ein Ankömmling, Sen. rhet.: milites novi (Ggstz. veteres), Sall. u. Liv.: nova res, Neuigkeit, Cic.: res novae, Neuigkeiten, Cic.; bes. Neuerungen im Staate, Umsturz (des Bestehenden), Revolution, novis rebus studere, Caes.: Rubellium ad novas res extollere, zum Gründer eines neuen Reiches erheben, Tac.: novae leges, Umwälzung der Gesetzgebung, Liv.: frumentum, gleich nach der Ernte, Cic.: lac, junge, frische Milch, Verg.: frons, ein grüner Zweig, Hor. u. Ov. – auch verb. novus et recens, jung u. neu (wo novus das,

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was unlängst geschehen, recens das, was erst aufgekommen ist, bezeichnet), Ov., Plin. u.a.: exempla nova et recentia (im frischen Andenken stehende), Ggstz. remota et oblitterata, Tac.: res recens nova, das Neue, das ihm kürzlich zugefallen, Cic. ep. 11, 21, 2. – ut ad aestatem rursus novus de integro his instituendis exsudetur labor, Liv. 5, 5, 6. – subst., novum, ī, n., etwas Neues, eine Neuigkeit, num quidnam novi? Cic.: vetera novis antehabere, Tac.: nova peregrinaque omnia priscis ac patriis praeferre, Liv.: afferre aliquid novi, Komik.: iam iam diu nihil novi ad nos afferebatur, Cic., u. eine neue Erscheinung, id novum contuens, Nep.: Plur. nova, Neues (Ggstz. prisca), Liv.; u. neue Einrichtungen, multa in re militari nova afferre (einführen), Nep. – B) insbes.: a) novus homo od. homo novus, ein Neuemporgekommener (Neugeadelter), d.i. aus einer Familie, in der vor ihm noch keiner die hohen Ehrenstellen (die kurulische Ädilität, Prätur u. das Konsulat) verwaltet hat (s. Beier Cic. de off. 1, 138), Cic. Muren. 16. Cic. ep. 5, 18, 1. Liv. 4, 54, 6; 22, 34, 7. Vell. 1, 13, 2; 2, 128, 1. Auct. b. Afr. 57, 4: so auch subst. novus nemo, Sall. Iug. 63, 7: u. Plur., erant complures novi, Sall. Iug. 8, 1: plebs novos (Leute ohne Ahnen) extollebat, Sall. Iug. 65, 5. – b) novae tabulae, neue Rechnungs-, Schuldbücher, durch die bei den Alten Schuldposten getilgt wurden, was bes. bei

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Überschuldung der Bürger u. nach Unruhen vorkam, Cic. u.a.: dah. übtr., novae tabulae beneficiorum, gleichs. das Ausstreichen der W. aus der Schuldenliste, das Vergessen der W., Sen. de ben. 1, 4, 6. – c) Novae tabernae u. subst. bl. Novae, ārum, f., die Wechslerläden auf der Nordseite des röm. Forums (weil sie i. J. 211 v. Chr. nach einem Brande neu aufgebaut waren), im Ggstz. zu den Veteres auf der Südseite (die vom Brande verschont geblieben waren), Liv. 26, 27, 2: sub Novis, Cic. de or. 2, 266. – d) Nova via, die Neue Straße, führte im Bogen an dem Nordwestabhange des Palatinus hin, von der Höhe (summa Nova via), wo Romulus dem Jupiter Stator einen Tempel gelobt, zur Tiefe des Forums sich senkend, Liv. 1, 41, 4. Vgl. Varro LL. 6, 59. Fest. 174 (a), 13. – II) übtr.: 1) von der Bekanntschaft mit etw., neu, unerfahren, unbekannt, equus, Cic.: ferre novae nares taurorum terga recusant, eine an diesen Geruch nicht gewöhnte Nase, Ov.: rudis ad partus et nova miles eram, Anfängerin, unerfahren, Ov.: m. Dat., novus delictis hostium, ganz unbekannt mit den Vergehen der Feinde, Tac.: dolori, Sil.: m. folg. Infin., nova ferre iugum cervix, nicht gewohnt zu tragen, Sil. 16, 331. – 2) von der Art u. Beschaffenheit, neu, sonderbar, außerordentlich, ungewöhnlich, ungewohnt, unerhört usw., navis (Schiff Argo), Ov.: consilium, Entschluß, Nep.: flagi-

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tium, Ter.: genus dicendi, Cic.: ars, Nep.: nova erumpit acies inaudita ante id tempus invisitata que, Liv. 4, 33, 1. – novum est m. folg. ut, Cic. Verr. 5, 13: m. 2. Supin., novum auditu, Val. Max. 5, 2, 2: novum dictu, Pacat. pan. 21 extr. – 3) vom Äußeren, im Ggstz. zum inneren Wesen = alter, alius, ein neuer, anderer, zweiter, novus Hannibal, Cic.: novus Camillus, Liv.: novus Liber pater, Vell.: novus Decius, ein zweiter D. (= ein Ehrenmann voll opferfreudiger Vaterlandsliebe), Hor. Vgl. Ruhnken Vell. 2, 18 u. 82. – 4) von der Reihenfolge u. dem Grade, nur Superl. novissimus, a, um, a) der äußerste, letzte, histrio, Cic.: acies, Hintertreffen, Liv.: agmen, Nachtrab, Caes.: tempus, Nep.: cauda, der äußerste Teil, das Ende des Schw., Ov.: so auch crura, Ov.: luna, Plin.: mare, Tac.: subst., novissimi, die Nachhut, Caes. u. Auct. b. Alex. – b) der äußerste, größte, ärgste, casus, Tac.: exempla, Strafen, Tac. – neutr. pl. subst., a (nach) summa spe novissima exspectabat, Tac. ann. 6, 50.