novus
From Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Cognates include Old English nīewe (English new), Ancient Greek νέος (néos), Proto-Slavic *novъ and Sanskrit नव (náva).
Proto-Italic *nowos fails to become Latin *nuus due to specific conditions in the development of Latin, namely -o-(w)-being in the first syllable, whereas *dē nowōd (“erneuert”) became dēnuō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɔ.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔː.vus]
Adjective
novus (feminine nova, neuter novum, comparative novior, superlative novissimus, adverb novē or noviter); first/second-declension adjective
- new, novel
- Synonym: recēns
- Antonyms: prīscus, prīstinus, antīquus, vetus, senex
- fresh, young
- recent
- unusual, strange, extraordinary
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | novus | nova | novum | novī | novae | nova | |
| genitive | novī | novae | novī | novōrum | novārum | novōrum | |
| dative | novō | novae | novō | novīs | |||
| accusative | novum | novam | novum | novōs | novās | nova | |
| ablative | novō | novā | novō | novīs | |||
| vocative | nove | nova | novum | novī | novae | nova | |