novicii
Dictionary entries
- Entry →novicius, novicii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Neo-Latin
beginner;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →novicius, novicia, novicium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
new, fresh; esp. of persons new to slavery;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...visam esse Alfeno "puri" et "puti", quae sit "novicii" et "novi"; nam si esset "puricium", tum sane videretur..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...finies hunc ignem, nisi sanguine extinxeris." <. . .> Vnus ex noviciis servulis subito accurrit et mihi dominum iratissimum esse affirmavit..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...potuerunt quamvis nullo instante omnia fere locuntur: at noviciis nostris per quot annos sermo Latinus repugnat! Magis scias..."
