novus homo

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

novus homō m (genitive novī hominis); third declension

  1. new man
  2. (ancient Rome) the first person from a family to serve in the senate, or to be a consul
  3. an upstart, nouveau riche, new money

Declension

Second-declension adjective with a third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative novus homō novī hominēs
genitive novī hominis novōrum hominum
dative novō hominī novīs hominibus
accusative novum hominem novōs hominēs
ablative novō homine novīs hominibus
vocative nove homō novī hominēs

References

  • “novus homo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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