nŏvo — Lewis & Short
nŏvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.novus.
I Lit., to make new, to renew:
ipsi transtra novant,Verg. A. 5, 752:
nullā prole novare viros,Ov. F. 1, 622:
gregem,Stat. Th. 10, 229:
fessa membra,to refresh, Ov. H. 4, 90:
vivāque nitentia lymphā membra novat,Val. Fl. 3, 423:
ardorem,Liv. 26, 19, 2:
vulnera mentis,Ov. P. 4, 11, 20; to break up fallow ground:
novate novale,Vulg. Jer. 4, 3: ager novatus, a field ploughed again, prepared for sowing:
agro non semel arato sed novato et iterato,Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131; Ov. P. 4, 2, 44.—To invent, coin, etc.:
verba,Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149; cf. id. ib. 3, 38, 154; so,
verbum aut inusitatum aut novatum aut translatum,id. ib. 3, 38, 152:
multa novantur in omni genere materiae,Quint. 5, 10, 106:
novata forma dicendi,id. 9, 1, 14:
ignotum hoc aliis ipse novavit opus,Ov. A. A. 3, 346.—
II Transf., to change, alter.
A In gen.:
aliquid in legibus,Cic. Leg. 3, 5, 12:
nomen faciemque,Ov. M. 4, 540:
hoc quoque novat (Aristoteles), quod prooemio non narrationem subjungit, sed propositionem,i. e. deviates from the rule, Quint. 3, 9, 5.—
B In partic., in a political respect: novare res, to alter the existing constitution, to overthrow the government, make or effect a revolution:
res,Liv. 1, 52:
novandi res aliquam occasionem quaerentes,id. 24, 23, 6:
omnia novare velle,id. 35, 34; 32, 38 fin.:
Civilis novare res hoc modo coepit,Tac. H. 4, 14.—Also absol.:
novare: ubi primum dubiis rebus novandi spes oblata est,Sall. C. 39, 3; Liv. 42, 31; Tac. A. 4, 18; cf. impers. pass.:
ne quid eo spatio novaretur,Sall. C. 55, 1.