novitās

nŏvĭtas, ātis, f. [novus], a being new, newness, novelty.

In gen.:

rei novitas,

Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60:

gratiam novitati similem parant,

Quint. 1, 6, 39:

novitatis gratiā,

id. 9, 3, 58:

plus novitatis,

id. 8, 3, 74:

(figura) ipsā novitate ac varietate magis delectat,

id. 9, 2. 66.—In plur., new acquaintances, friendships:

novitates, si spem afferunt, non sunt illae quidem repudiandae, vetustas tamen loco suo conservanda,

Cic. Lael. 19, 68.— Poet.:

anni,

i. e. the spring, Ov. F. 1, 160.—Adverb.:

AD NOVITATEM,

anew, newly, Inscr. Orell. 3278.—

In partic.

Rareness, strangeness, unusualness:

sceleris atque periculi novitas,

Sall. C. 4, 4:

perturbatis nostris novitate pugnae,

Caes. B. G. 4, 34: rerum, [p. 1220] Ov. M. 2, 31:

adjuta est novitas numine nostra dei,

this novel attempt, id. P. 4, 13, 24; so in plur., Inscr. Grut. 337.—

The condition of a homo novus, newness of rank:

novitas mea,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 8:

contemnunt novitatem meam, ego illorum ignaviam,

Sall. J. 85, 14 (shortly before:

comparate hunc cum illorum superbiā me hominem novum): quibus novitas familiae haud obstitit,

Vell. 2, 127, 1.—

Trop., newness, reformation. In eccl. Lat.:

in novitate vitae,

Vulg. Rom. 6, 4.

* * *

newness, novelty, strangeness.

conspĭcŭus, a, um, adj. [1. conspicio] ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose, esp. in Tac.; not in Quint.).

Lit., that is or comes in view, visible; opp. occultus:

quot inter Occultum stellae conspicuumque polum,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 108:

rebus ab auditis conspicuisque,

id. P. 3, 4, 22: late vertex, * Hor. C. 3, 16, 19:

signum in proeliis,

Phaedr. 4, 6, 6:

acies barbarorum,

Tac. H. 4, 29:

tabernaculum undique,

Curt. 9, 6, 1: sidus omnibus e terris, Augustus ap. Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 94.—

Trop., in gen.:

habere mortem in conspicuo,

before the eyes, Sen. Brev. Vit. 20, 5:

nives,

id. Thyest. 126:

pyramides,

Plin. 36, 12, 16, § 76.—

Pregn., that attracts the attention to itself, striking, conspicuous, distinguished, illustrious, remarkable, phaneros; with dat. pers.:

Romanis conspicuum eum novitas divitiaeque faciebant,

Liv. 1, 34, 11; Suet. Aug. 45.—With abl.:

insignis clara conspicuusque domo,

Tib. 3, 3, 4; so Ov. M. 12, 467; id. H. 5, 139; Tac. H. 3, 29; 3, 33; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 2; Suet. Aug. 72 al.; cf. with dat. pers.:

consilio, manu, voce insignis hosti, conspicuus suis,

Tac. H. 3, 17.— Absol.:

ambo conspicui,

Ov. M. 8, 373; so Tac. H. 1, 88; 4, 42; id. G. 7; id. Or. 36.

dĕcus, ŏris, n. [Sanscr. daças, fame; Gr. doxa; cf. decet], any thing that ornaments, embellishes, adorns, honors, etc.; ornament, grace, embellishment, splendor, glory, honor, dignity (class. and freq.; a favorite word with Cicero, in oratorical lang.).

In gen.

With gen.:

hostium spolia, decora atque ornamenta fanorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; cf.:

senator populi Romani, splendor ordinis, decus atque ornamentum judiciorum,

id. Caecin. 10, 28; so,

too, decus ornamentumque senectutis,

id. de Or. 1, 45, 199; id. Prov. Cons. 11, 28:

ut hominis decus ingenium, sic ingenii ipsius lumen est eloquentia,

id. Brut. 15, 59; cf. id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

ad decus et ad laudem civitatis,

id. N. D. 1, 4; cf. id. Brut. 97; cf. also id. Fin. 1, 10 fin.; id. Ac. 1, 9, 33:

dignitatem et decus sustinere,

id. Off. 1, 34, 124 et saep.:

O decus Phoebi et dapibus supremi Grata testudo Jovis,

Hor. Od. 1, 32, 13:

lucidum caeli,

id. Carm. Sec. 2:

equitum Maecenas,

id. Od. 3, 16, 20; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 2 and id. ib. 2, 17, 4: electos juvenes simul et decus innuptarum, the ornaments, i. e. the most beautiful of the maidens, Catull. 64, 78 al.:

castique decus servare pudoris,

Ov. M. 13, 480:

oris,

i. e. beauty, id. ib. 3, 422:

decus Asteriae = Asteria decens or pulchra,

Verg. Cul. 15.—

Absol.: haec omnia, quae habent speciem gloriae contemne...;

verum decus in virtute positum est,

Cic. Fam. 10, 12 fin.:

divitiae, decus, gloria in oculis sita sunt!

Sall. C. 20, 14; cf. id. ib. 58, 8; id. J. 3 fin.:

regium,

id. ib. 72, 2; cf.

regale,

Ov. M. 9, 690:

decus enitet ore,

Verg. A. 4, 150:

superimpositum capiti,

Liv. 1, 34:

(columnas) scenis decora alta futuris,

Verg. A. 1, 429:

muliebre,

i. e. chastity, Liv. 1, 58:

immemores decoris liventia pectora tundunt,

i. e. of their bodily charms, Ov. M. 8, 536:

imperatori nobilitas, quae antea decori, invidiae esse,

Sall. J. 73, 4:

vitis ut arboribus decori est, ut vitibus uvae,

Verg. E. 5, 32:

Pilumno quos ipsa decus dedit,

id. A. 12, 83.—

Transf.

A deed of honor:

tanti decoris testis,

Tac. A. 15, 50.—Esp., plur., decora, honorable achievements, valiant deeds:

cum multa referret sua familiaeque decora,

Liv. 3, 12, 2:

militiae decora,

id. 2, 23, 4:

belli,

id. 6, 20, 7 (cf.:

dedecora militiae,

id. 3, 51, 12):

Lacedaemonii vetera, Macedones praesentia decora intuebantur,

Curt. 6, 1, 8.—

Renowned ancestors:

inter nobiles, et longa decora praeferentes, novitas mea enituit?

Tac. A. 14, 53; id. Hist. 1, 15.—

Esp., moral dignity, virtue, honor:

cum quod decus antiqui summum bonum esse dixerunt, hic solum bonum dicat, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 1, 21, 55 (for which, shortly before, solum bonum esse quod honestum esset):

quos (sc. Epicureos) nisi redarguimus, omnis virtus, omne decus, omnis vera laus deserenda est,

id. Fin. 2, 14, 44;

so with honestas,

id. Fin. 2, 17, 56; cf. ib. 2, 11, 35; id. Off. 1, 5 fin.:

sed ei (sc. Semproniae) cariora semper omnia quam decus atque pudicitia fuit,

Sall. C. 25, 3; 54, 5.

dĕcus, i, m., v. decussis, init.

flōrĭdus, a, um, adj. [flos], full of or abounding with flowers, flowery (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

hydrauli hortabere, ut audiat voces potius quam Platonis? expones, quae spectet, florida et varia?

Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 43:

serta,

garlands of flowers, Ov. F. 6, 312:

prata,

Lucr. 5, 785; cf.

Hybla,

Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 38.—

Transf., of color, lively, gay, bright:

colores,

Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30; 35, 10, 36, § 97. —

Trop., blooming, beautiful:

puellula,

Cat. 61, 57; cf.:

Galatea Floridior prato, longa procerior alno,

Ov. M. 13, 790:

aetas,

the bloom of youth, Cat. 68, 16; cf.:

novitas mundi,

Lucr. 5, 943:

florida et vegeta forma,

Suet. Galb. 20:

Demetrius Phalereus est floridior, ut ita dicam, quam Hyperides,

flowery, florid, Cic. Brut. 82, 285; cf.: tertium (dicendi genus) alii medium ex duobus, alii floridum (namque id anthêron appellant) addiderunt, Quint. 12, 10, 58:

floridius genus (scriptorum),

id. 2, 5, 18:

oratio,

id. 8, 3, 74:

floridissimus tui sermonis afflatus,

Aus. Ep. 17:

floridior in declamando quam in agendo,

Sen. Contr. 4 praef. 5. — Adv.: flōrĭde, with flowers, brightly:

depicta vestis,

App. M. 11 fin.:

ecclesia clarius ac floridius enituit,

Lact. Mort. Pers. 3.

lēnōcĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [1. leno; lit., to pander; hence, transf.].

To flatter, entice, allure, wheedle, cajole (syn.:

blandior, adulor): tibi serviet, tibi lenocinabitur,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

gloriae alicujus,

Sen. Contr. 1:

alicui captatione testamenti,

Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.—

To forward, serve, promote, advance (post-Aug.):

ut libro isti novitas lenocinetur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 7:

anceps hic et lubricus locus est, etiam cum illi necessitas lenocinatur,

id. ib. 1, 8, 6:

quo vitio mancipiorum negotiatores formae puerorum lenocinantur,

Quint. 5, 12, 17:

Harii insitae feritati arte ac tempore lenocinantur,

i. e. increase, add to, Tac. G. 43 fin.

mōlĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. molirier for moliri, Lucr. 5, 934), v. dep. n. and a. [moles].

To set one's self or one's powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one's self, to endeavor, struggle, strive, toil, etc. (rare but class.;

syn.: conor, nitor): viden ut misere moliuntur?

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32:

agam per me ipse et moliar,

Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

nōsti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11:

horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo permulti homines moliebantur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95.—

To set one's self in motion, endeavor to depart, to depart:

molientem hinc Hannibalem,

Liv. 28, 44:

dum naves moliuntur a terra,

id. 37, 11:

in quam (insulam) gladiatores navibus molientes,

Tac. H. 2, 35.—

To labor upon any thing, exert one's self at or upon, set in motion, work an instrument or engine; to work any thing (cf. ago; class.).

Nihil enim agit (vita deorum),... nulla opera molitur, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

res dura et regni novitas me talia cogant moliri,

Verg. A. 1, 564: validam in vites molire bipennem, to work, i. e. wield, id. G. 4, 331: ancoras, to work, i. e. hoist the anchor, weigh anchor, Liv. 28, 17:

agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro,

i. e. to work, cultivate, till the ground, Verg. G. 1, 494; Col. 1 praef. 17;

11, 2, 19: erro molirier arva,

Lucr. 5, 932: fores, to work, i. e. to force, to break open, Tac. A. 1, 39; 2, 82; Liv. 23, 18, 2; 24, 46, 5:

Atharrias ad Philotam missus clausum aditum domus moliebatur,

Curt. 6, 8, 20:

habenas,

to guide, Verg. A. 12, 327:

fulmina molitur dextrā,

hurls, id. G. 1, 329:

ignem,

id. A. 10, 131:

opera,

to begin work, Col. 11, 2, 2:

aliquid sub divo moliri potest,

id. 1, 8, 9.—

To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace (syn.:

deicio, deturbo): montes suā sede,

displaces, Liv. 9, 3:

corpora ex somno moliebantur,

aroused, id. 36, 24, 3:

onera objecta,

id. 25, 36.—

To build, make, erect, construct (syn.:

condo, fundo, construo): muros,

to build, Verg. A. 3, 132:

classem,

id. ib. 3, 6:

arcem,

id. ib. 1, 424:

atrium,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

aedem,

Flor. 1, 7:

locum,

prepares, Verg. A. 7, 158:

pocula de inimicorum capitibus hominum,

to construct, make, Sol. 15.—

Trop., to endeavor to do; to undertake, attempt, set about any thing (cf.:

aggredior, apparo): nec ea, quae agunt, molientes cum labore operoso,

performing, doing, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

viam clipei molita per oras,

made its way, Verg. A. 10, 477:

inde datum molitur iter,

id. ib. 6, 477:

jamque alio moliris iter,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 61:

viam et gressus,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 278; 3, 438: animum, to form or acquire for one's self, Ov. A. A. 2, 119:

laborem,

to undertake, Verg. A. 4, 233:

struere et moliri aliquid calamitatis alicui,

to try to bring upon, Cic. Clu. 64, 178:

fortissimis atque optimis civibus periculum moliri,

id. Sest. 1, 1:

pestem patriae nefarie,

id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

perniciem rei publicae,

id. ib. 1, 2, 5: insidias avibus, to lay snares, Verg. G. 1, 271:

crimina et accusatorem,

to bring about, find out, Tac. A. 12, 22:

triumphos,

Ov. M. 14, 719:

fugam,

Verg. A. 2, 109:

moram,

to cause, make, occasion, id. ib. 1, 414:

opem extremam alicui,

Val. Fl. 6, 431:

dolos apertos,

to devise, id. 5, 249:

bellum in animo,

to design, meditate, Vell. 2, 46:

Athenienses urbem ex integro condere moliuntur,

Just. 2, 15, 1:

mundum efficere moliens deus,

attempting, Cic. Univ. 4:

fallere,

Val. Fl. 3, 491:

de occupando regno moliens,

striving to usurp the government, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60:

nuptias,

to bring about, Tac. A. 12, 3:

apud judices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc.,

are to be excited, called forth, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

tumorem,

Col. 6, 17:

vorandi facultatem,

Cels. 1, 3:

fidem moliri coepit,

began to meddle with, disturb, Liv. 6, 11, 8.

ostentārĭus, a, um, adj. [ostentum], of or relating to prophetic indications, prophetic (post-class.):

ostentaria novitas (al. ostentatoria),

Mart. Cap. 2, § 151.—

Subst.: ostentārĭum, ii, n., a book of prognostics:

Tuscum,

Macr. S. 3, 7:

arborarium,

id. ib. 2, 16.

ostentārĭus, a, um, adj. [ostentum], of or relating to prophetic indications, prophetic (post-class.):

ostentaria novitas (al. ostentatoria),

Mart. Cap. 2, § 151.—

Subst.: ostentārĭum, ii, n., a book of prognostics:

Tuscum,

Macr. S. 3, 7:

arborarium,

id. ib. 2, 16.