1. nŏvellus — Lewis & Short
nŏvellus, a, um,
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.—
II Subst.
A nŏvella, ae, f. (sc. vitis).
1 A vine newly planted, Coripp. Johann. 3, 327.—
2 A shoot, sucker:
filii tui sicut novellae olivarum,Vulg. Psa. 127, 3.—
B Nŏvellae, ārum, f. (sc. constitutiones), the Novels, a part of the Roman law published after the Codex.