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nŏvella, ae, v. 1. novellus, II.

nŏvello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. novellus], to till new fields, to set out new vines (post-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: edixit ne quis in Italiā novellaret, Suet. Dom. 7.
  2. II. Trop.: vitam novellantes Deo, dedicating, renewing by devotion, Paul. Nol. Carm. 21, 659.

1. nŏvellus, a, um,

  1. I. adj. dim. [novus], young, new (esp. freq. in econom. lang.): capra, Varr. R. R. 2, 3: juvenci, id. ib. 1, 20: boves, Col. 6, 1, 3: sues, Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 211: vineae, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1; cf.: arbor et novella et vetula, Cic. Fin. 5, 14, 39: vites, Verg. E. 3, 11: novellae gallinae, which have hatched for the first time, Col. 8, 5, 8: oppida, newly founded, Liv. 2, 39, 3.
    Poet., turba, qs. young brood, for children, Tib. 2, 2, 22: cum regerem tenerā frena novella manu, new, Ov. P. 4, 12, 24; so, subtrahere colla novella jugo, id. ib. 3, 7, 16: novellum imperium, Vop. Tac. 1: novellas et inauditas sectas veteribus religionibus opponere, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 15, 3, 3.
    Hence, nŏvellē, adv., newly, = nove; in supposit., Plaut. Poen. 8.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. nŏvella, ae, f. (sc. vitis).
      1. 1. A vine newly planted, Coripp. Johann. 3, 327.
      2. 2. A shoot, sucker: filii tui sicut novellae olivarum, Vulg. Psa. 127, 3.
    2. B. Nŏvellae, ārum, f. (sc. constitutiones), the Novels, a part of the Roman law published after the Codex.