LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

novitās

novitās f (genitive novitātis)
Classical[ˈnɔ.wɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnɔː.vi.tas]

Meaning

  1. newness, novelty
  2. rareness, strangeness
  3. newness of rank
  4. reformation

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenovitāsnovitātēs
genitivenovitātisnovitātum
dativenovitātīnovitātibus
accusativenovitātemnovitātēs
ablativenovitātenovitātibus
vocativenovitāsnovitātēs

nŏvĭtas, ātis, f. novus,
I. a being new, newness, novelty.
I. In gen.: rei novitas, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60: gratiam novitati similem parant, Quint. 1, 6, 39: novitatis gratiā, id. 9, 3, 58: plus novitatis, id. 8, 3, 74: (figura) ipsā novitate ac varietate magis delectat, id. 9, 2. 66.—In plur., new acquaintances, friendships: novitates, si spem afferunt, non sunt illae quidem repudiandae, vetustas tamen loco suo conservanda, Cic. Lael. 19, 68.—Poet.: anni, i. e. the spring, Ov. F. 1, 160.—Adverb.: AD NOVITATEM, anew, newly, Inscr. Orell. 3278.—
II. In partic.
A. Rareness, strangeness, unusualness: sceleris atque periculi novitas, Sall. C. 4, 4: perturbatis nostris novitate pugnae, Caes. B. G. 4, 34: rerum, Ov. M. 2, 31: adjuta est novitas numine nostra dei, this novel attempt, id. P. 4, 13, 24; so in plur., Inscr. Grut. 337.—
B. The condition of a homo novus, newness of rank: novitas mea, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 8: contemnunt novitatem meam, ego illorum ignaviam, Sall. J. 85, 14 (shortly before: comparate hunc cum illorum superbiā me hominem novum): quibus novitas familiae haud obstitit, Vell. 2, 127, 1.—
III. Trop., newness, reformation. In eccl. Lat.: in novitate vitae, Vulg. Rom. 6, 4.

Origins

By surface analysis, novus (“new; recent; unusual”) + -tās. Perhaps as old as Proto-Indo-European *néwoteh₂ts.

Descendants
  • Catalannovetat
  • Englishnovity
  • Italiannovità
  • Occitannovetat
  • Portuguesenovidade
  • Romaniannoutate
  • Sardiniannobidade
  • Sardiniannovedade
  • Spanishnovedad
  • Aromaniannãutati

In English words that came into English from novitās

  • novitynovitās

Quick answers

What does novitās mean in Latin?
novitās, a noun, means “newness, novelty; rareness, strangeness; newness of rank”.
What is the genitive of novitās?
The genitive singular is novitātis. novitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce novitās?
In classical Latin, [ˈnɔ.wɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈnɔː.vi.tas].