Novius

Nŏvĭus, a,

• the name of a Roman gens.
• • A Masc.
  • • 1 Novius, a famous writer of Atellane plays, a contemporary of Pomponius, about A. U. C. 650-670: Novius probatissimus Atellanarum scriptor ait, etc., Macr. S. 1, 10, 3; Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; 2, 69, 279; cf. Gell. 15, 13, 4; 17, 2, 8; Non. 81, 22 sq. et saep.
• —Hence, Nŏvĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Novius (the Atellane poet), Novian: oratiunculae, M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 13 Mai.: fullones, Tert. Pall. 4; v. fullo, I.—
• • • 2 L. Novius, a tribune of the people and enemy of Clodius, Ascon. ad Cic. Mil. p. 47 Orell.—
    • 3 Another Novius, Hor. S. 1, 6, 40 (perh. a fictitious name, i. q. Newcomer, Upstart). —
    • 4 A fortune-hunter, Juv. 12, 111.—
  • B Fem.: Nŏvĭa, ae, the wife of Oppianicus, Cic. Clu. 9, 27.

Novius, iī, m., italischer (kampanischer, etruskischer, römischer) Männername, so Novius, ein berühmter Atellanendichter (um 104–84 v. Chr.), Macr. sat. 1, 10. § 3. Vgl. E. Munk De fabb. Atell. p. 117 sqq. u. p. 165 sqq. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Literat.⁵ § 151. – u. Novius als fingierter Name = Neumann, Hor. sat. 1, 6, 40. – Dav. Noviānus, a, um, novianisch, des Novius, Atellaniolae, M. Aurel. b. Fronto epist. ad M. Caes. 2, 10. p. 34, 15 N.: fullones, Tert. de pall. 4.

Nŏvĭus, (13) ĭī, m. , ¶ 1 poète comique latin : Gell. 15, 13, 4 ; Cic. de Or. 2, 255 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 10, 3 ¶ 2 nom dʼun affranchi : Hor. S. 1, 6, 40.

NOVIUS

NOVIUS(Νοούϊος, Ptol. 2.3.2), a river on the W. coast of Britannia Barbara, or Caledonia, flowing into the estuary Ituna (or Solway Firth), now the Nith.

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Novius

Quintus (?). A celebrated writer of Atellan plays, a contemporary of the dictator Sulla (Macrob. i. 10, 3).