LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

novellus1

novellus (feminine novella, neuter novellum)
Classical[nɔˈwɛl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[noˈvɛl.lus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivenew, young, fresh
  2. adjectivenovel, newly made

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenovellusnovellanovellum
genitivenovellīnovellaenovellī
dativenovellōnovellaenovellō
accusativenovellumnovellamnovellum
ablativenovellōnovellānovellō
vocativenovellenovellanovellum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenovellīnovellaenovella
genitivenovellōrumnovellārumnovellōrum
dativenovellīsnovellīsnovellīs
accusativenovellōsnovellāsnovella
ablativenovellīsnovellīsnovellīs
vocativenovellīnovellaenovella

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.

Origins

From novus + -ellus.

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalannovell
  • Spanishnovelfrom Catalan novell
  • Occitannovèufrom Old Occitan novel
  • Occitannavèthfrom Old Occitan novel
  • Occitannovèlfrom Old Occitan novel
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchnouveaufrom Old French novel
  • Englishnouveaufrom Old French novel
  • Englishnovelfrom Old French novel
  • Franco-Provençalnouveu
  • Haitian Creolenouvofrom Old French novel
  • Mauritian Creolenouvofrom Old French novel
  • Seychellois Creolenouvofrom Old French novel
  • Normannouvieaufrom Old French novel
  • Poitevin-Saintongeaisnoveafrom Old French novel
  • Walloonnoveafrom Old French novel
Elsewhere
  • Italiannovellafrom Vulgar Latin *novella
  • Frenchnouvellefrom Vulgar Latin *novella
  • Englishnovelfrom Vulgar Latin *novella
  • Normannouvellefrom Vulgar Latin *novella
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishnovillo
  • Portuguesenovilhofrom Spanish novillo
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiannovello
  • Siciliannuveḍḍu
  • Venetannovèło
  • Venetannovèl
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesenovel

In English words that came into English from novellus

  • noveltynovellus
  • novelnovella
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Novellus2
Novellus m sg (genitive Novellī)
Classical[nɔˈwɛl.lʊs]Ecclesiastical[noˈvɛl.lus]

Meaning

  1. masculinesingularA Roman cognomen — famously held by
  2. masculinesingularAntonius Novellus, one of the generals of Otho

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeNovellus—
genitiveNovellī—
dativeNovellō—
accusativeNovellum—
ablativeNovellō—
vocativeNovelle—

Nŏvellus, i, m.,
I. a Roman surname: Cn. et L. Gavilii Novelli, Aquileienses, Liv. 41, 5, 1 (but Gronov. regards it as adj., new colonists of Aquileia; cf. Liv. 40, 34, 2).

Origins

From novellus (“new, young”).

Quick answers

What does novellus mean in Latin?
novellus, a adjective, means “new, young, fresh; novel, newly made”.
How do you pronounce novellus?
In classical Latin, [nɔˈwɛl.lʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [noˈvɛl.lus].