nŏvellus, a, um, adj. dim. [novus],
I 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.
II —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.