LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

novīcius

novīcius (feminine novīcia, neuter novīcium)
Classical[nɔˈwiː.ki.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[noˈviː.t͡ʃi.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivenew, fresh

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Novus · Recens · Novicius

1. Novus means new, as that which did not exist in former times, in opp. to antiquus, like νέος; whereas recens (from candere) new, as one that has not long been in existence, in opp. to vetus. Cic. Verr. ii. 2. Mur. 7. 16. Tusc. iv. 17. Tac. Ann. ii. 88. iv. 12. Colum. vi. 12; like καινός. 2. Novus denotes new, indifferently; novicius (from νέαξ) with the accessory notion of being a novice, who must accustom himself, or be instructed by others, before he is qualified for something, in opp. to vetustus? (iv. 95.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenovīciusnovīcianovīcium
genitivenovīciīnovīciaenovīciī
dativenovīciōnovīciaenovīciō
accusativenovīciumnovīciamnovīcium
ablativenovīciōnovīciānovīciō
vocativenovīcienovīcianovīcium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenovīciīnovīciaenovīcia
genitivenovīciōrumnovīciārumnovīciōrum
dativenovīciīsnovīciīsnovīciīs
accusativenovīciōsnovīciāsnovīcia
ablativenovīciīsnovīciīsnovīciīs
vocativenovīciīnovīciaenovīcia

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).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Italic*nowos
  4. Latinnovīcius

Latin -īcius Latin novīcius From novus + -īcius.

Descendants
  • Catalannovici
  • Frenchnovice
  • Englishnovicefrom French novice
  • Italiannovizio
  • Occitannovici
  • Portuguesenoviçofrom Old Galician-Portuguese noviço
  • Spanishnovicio
  • Galiciannovizofrom Old Galician-Portuguese noviço
  • Piedmontesenovissi

In English words that came into English from novīcius

  • novicenovīcius
  • novitiatenoviciatus

Quick answers

What does novīcius mean in Latin?
novīcius, a adjective, means “new, fresh”.
How do you pronounce novīcius?
In classical Latin, [nɔˈwiː.ki.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [noˈviː.t͡ʃi.us].
Where does novīcius come from?
Proto-Indo-European *nu → Proto-Indo-European *néwos → Proto-Italic *nowos → Latin novīcius.