Nŏvĭus, a,
I the name of a Roman gens.
A Masc.
1 Novius, a famous writer of Atellane plays, a contemporary of Pomponius, about A. U. C. 650-670: Novius probatissimus Atellanarum scriptor ait, etc., Macr. S. 1, 10, 3; Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; 2, 69, 279; cf. Gell. 15, 13, 4; 17, 2, 8; Non. 81, 22 sq. et saep.
IV —Hence, Nŏvĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Novius (the Atellane poet), Novian : oratiunculae, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 13 Mai.: fullones, Tert. Pall. 4; v. fullo, I.—
2 L. Novius, a tribune of the people and enemy of Clodius , Ascon. ad Cic. Mil. p. 47 Orell.—
3 Another Novius, Hor. S. 1, 6, 40 (perh. a fictitious name, i. q. Newcomer, Upstart). —
4 A fortune-hunter , Juv. 12, 111.—
B Fem. : Nŏvĭa , ae, the wife of Oppianicus , Cic. Clu. 9, 27.