Novius

Translingual

Proper noun

Novius

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain beetles.

Latin

Etymology

From novus (“new”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.u̯i.us/, [ˈnou̯iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.vi.us/, [ˈnɔːvius]

Proper noun

Novius m sg (genitive Noviī or Novī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Novius, a Roman composer

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Novius
Genitive	Noviī Novī1
Dative	Noviō
Accusative	Novium
Ablative	Noviō
Vocative	Novī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Novia
• Noviānus

References

• “Novius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Novius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.