Lewis & Short

in-nŏvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to renew, alter.

  1. I. Lit.: plurima innovare instituit, Dig. 1, 2, 2 fin.
    So in part. pass.: innŏ-vātus, a, um, renewed, Min. Fel. Oct. 11 fin.; Lact. 7, 22 med.
  2. II. Transf.: se ad aliquam rem, to return to a thing: se ad suam intemperantiam, Cic. Pis. 36, 89.
    As a translation of καινιεῖ, Vulg. Eccli. 38, 30: vox mallei innovat aurem, the noise of the hammer is ever in his ears.