LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

novālis

novālis f (genitive novālis)

Meaning

  1. unploughed or fallow land (or land ploughed for the first time)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenovālisnovālēs
genitivenovālisnovālium
dativenovālīnovālibus
accusativenovālemnovālēs
novālīs
ablativenovāle
novālī		novālibus
vocativenovālisnovālēs

nŏvālis, e, adj. novus, in agriculture,
I. that is ploughed anew or for the first time: ager restibilis, qui restituitur ac reseritur quotquot annis: contra qui intermittitur, a novando novalis, Varr. L. L. 5, § 39 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 6, § 59; Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll. —Hence,
II. Subst.: nŏvālis, is, f. (sc. terra), and nŏvāle, is, n. (sc. solum).
1. Fallow land: alternis idem tonsas cessare novales, Verg. G. 1, 71: quae numquam vacuo solita est cessare novali ... se nescit humus, Ov. P. 1, 4, 13; Pall. 1, 6; 2, 10: novale est, quod alternis annis seritur, Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 176; Col. 2, 2, 14: pabula fesso praebere novali, id. poët. 10, 84.—
2. A field that has been ploughed for the first time: talis fere est in novalibus, caesā vetere silvā, Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 39; Dig. 47, 21, 3: novalis (dicitur), ubi fuit satum antequam secunda aratione renovetur, Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 1.—Hence,
B. Transf.
1. Unploughed land, meadow-land: ille subacto et puro solo gaudet, hic novali graminosoque gaudet, Col. 6, praef. 1.—
2. A cultivated field (poet.): impius haec tam culta novalia miles habebit? Verg. E. 1, 71: dira novalia Cadmi, Stat. Th. 3, 644.—
3. The standing crops: nec prius inde domum quam tota novalia saevos In ventres abeant (boum), Juv. 14, 148.

Origins

Substantivized from novus + -ālis.

Descendants
  • ItalianNoale
  • Portuguesenoval
  • Sardiniannoale
  • Galiciannoval

Quick answers

What does novālis mean in Latin?
novālis, a noun, means “unploughed or fallow land (or land ploughed for the first time)”.
What is the genitive of novālis?
The genitive singular is novālis. novālis is feminine, third declension.