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novicius

newly imported, recently discovered

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Where it lives

Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Noctes Atticae 8 · 0.72/10k
Ad Nationes 1 · 0.67/10k
De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 1 · 0.66/10k
Pro P. Sestio 1 · 0.6/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Naturalis Historia 12 · 0.3/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. novicius — de Vaan

novicius 'newly imported, recently discovered' (PL+); renovare 'to restore, renew' (Acc.+); novensides 'title of an obscure set of deities* (Varro+). Pit. *nowo-, *nowjo-. It. cognates: U. nuvis [nom.sg.], nuvime [accsg, + -en] 'new* < *nouio-. PIE *neuo- 'new, young', *neuio- 'new7. IE cognates: Hit neua- 'new, fresh', — [de Vaan, s.v. novicius, p. 430]

2. nŏvīcĭus — Lewis & Short

nŏvīcĭus (late Lat. -ītĭus), a, um, adj.novus; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.,

I new (mostly confined to technical lang.): novum novicium dicimus et proprium propicium augere atque intendere volentes novi et proprii significationem, Alfen. ap. Gell. 6, 5, 1: quaestus, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 92: vinum, Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41.—Esp. freq. of slaves who have only recently lost their freedom: recens captus homo, nuperus et novicius, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 60: servi, Varr. L. L. 8, § 6 Müll.: de grege noviciorum, Cic. Pis. 1, 1: venales novicios accepimus, Quint. 8, 2, 8: puellae, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 34: turba grammaticorum, Gell. 11, 1, 5; cf.: novicios philosophorum sectatores, id. 1, 9, 11: statuae Lupercorum, Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18: colores, id. 35, 6, 29, § 48: jam sedet in ripā tetrumque novicius horret Porthmea, newly arrived, a novice, Juv. 3, 265.—As subst.: nŏ-vīcĭum, i, n. (sc. verbum), a newly-coined word, an innovation in language: at noviciis nostris per quot annos sermo Latinus repugnat! Quint. 1, 12, 9.—Hence, adv.: nŏvīcĭō (nŏvīt-), newly: (Luci) Qui novicio capti sunt, Serv. Verg. A. 11, 316 (acc. to a conject. of Marini, Fratr. Arv. p. 309).

3. novicius — Walde–Hofmann

novicius, -a, -um „neu“, Subst. „Neuling“ (bes. von neu erworbenen Sklaven; seit Plaut., rom.; noviciolus: 2 euling^ Tert): zu novus; -ic-éus Suffix, vgl. gr. vedE ,Jünglng", russ. noc „Neuling“ (Brugmann II? 1, 496, Specht Urspr. 124) 2 Nicht wrsch, Niedermann IA. 19, 33 (*novo-veig-ios „neu besiegt" [: vineo], vgl. Plaut, Capt. 718); Stowasser Wb. und Havet RPh. 31, 234 (*novo-voik-jos „neu im Hause" [: ticus in … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. novicius, p. 1087]

In the wild

novicii Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 7.5.2
novicium Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 7.5.4
novicium Plautus, Captivi 3.5
novicius Juvenal, Saturae 1.3.265
novicium Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8.26
noviciae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 13.16.p1

6 of 34 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. novicius (scan p. 430; entry #1174). Root candidates: *nowo-, *nowjo-, *nouio-.
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. novicius (scan p. 1087; entry #1858). Root candidates: *nouero-, *nu-.

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