nŏvercālis — Lewis & Short
nŏvercālis, e, adj.noverca,
I of or belonging to a step-mother (post-class.).
I Lit.:
novercales ibat venator in agros Ascanius,of Dido, Stat. S. 5, 2, 118:
atque novercali sedes praelata Lavino,called after Ascanius's step-mother, Lavinia, Juv. 12, 71:
Mycenae,i. e. sacred to Juno, the stepmother of Bacchus, Stat. Th. 7, 177.—
II Transf., of or like a step-mother, i. e. hostile, malevolent:
novercalia odia,Tac. A. 12, 2:
novercales Liviae in Agrippinam stimuli,id. ib. 1, 33:
novercalibus oculis aliquem intueri,Sen. Contr. 4, 6: erat circa illum Zenobia novercali animo, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 16.