novellus

Latin

Etymology

From novus +‎ -ellus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

novellus (feminine novella, neuter novellum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (for living things) new, young, fresh
  2. novel, newly made

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative novellus novella novellum novellī novellae novella
genitive novellī novellae novellī novellōrum novellārum novellōrum
dative novellō novellae novellō novellīs
accusative novellum novellam novellum novellōs novellās novella
ablative novellō novellā novellō novellīs
vocative novelle novella novellum novellī novellae novella

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: novello
    • Sicilian: nuveḍḍu
  • Padanian:
    • Piedmontese: novel
    • Venetan: novèło, novèl
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: *novella (substantivization of neuter plural)

References

  • novellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • novellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • novellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.