novi

See also: nɔvi

English

Noun

novi (plural novis)

  1. (slang, Tonbridge School) A new pupil.
    • 1964, Richard Bradley, Tonbridge: a progress report (page 31)
      In part it is sensible, requiring a novi to know names of masters, whereabouts of rooms, colours of houses and so on.

Anagrams

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin novem.

Numeral

novi

  1. (cardinal) nine

Latin

Adjective

novī

  1. genitive masculine singular of novus
  2. genitive neuter singular of novus
  3. nominative masculine plural of novus
  4. vocative masculine plural of novus

Verb

nōvī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of nōscō

Usage notes

This verb is almost always perfect in form but present in meaning.

References

  • novi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • novi in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • novi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to introduce a new word into the Latin language: inducere novum verbum in latinam linguam
    • (ambiguous) to hold revolutionary opinions: novis rebus studere
  • novi in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Novial

Adjective

novi (shortened nov)

  1. new

Antonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

nȍvi (Cyrillic spelling но̏ви)

  1. Definite form of "nov"

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin novem.

Numeral

novi

  1. (cardinal) nine

Venetian

Adjective

novi m

  1. masculine plural of novo
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