novalis

nŏvālis, e, adj. [novus], in agriculture, that is ploughed anew or for the first time:

ager restibilis, qui restituitur ac reseritur quotquot annis: contra qui intermittitur, a novando novalis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 39 Müll.; cf. id. ib. 6, § 59; Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll. —Hence,

II.

Subst.: nŏvālis, is, f. (sc. terra), and nŏvāle, is, n. (sc. solum).

1.

Fallow land:

alternis idem tonsas cessare novales,

Verg. G. 1, 71:

quae numquam vacuo solita est cessare novali... se nescit humus,

Ov. P. 1, 4, 13; Pall. 1, 6; 2, 10:

novale est, quod alternis annis seritur,

Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 176; Col. 2, 2, 14: pabula fesso praebere novali, id. poët. 10, 84.—

2.

A field that has been ploughed for the first time:

talis fere est in novalibus, caesā vetere silvā,

Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 39; Dig. 47, 21, 3:

novalis (dicitur), ubi fuit satum antequam secunda aratione renovetur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 1.—Hence,

B.

Transf.

1.

Unploughed land, meadow-land: ille subacto et puro solo gaudet, hic novali graminosoque gaudet, [p. 1219] Col. 6, praef. 1.—

2.

A cultivated field ( poet. ):

impius haec tam culta novalia miles habebit?

Verg. E. 1, 71:

dira novalia Cadmi,

Stat. Th. 3, 644.—

3.

The standing crops:

nec prius inde domum quam tota novalia saevos In ventres abeant (boum),

Juv. 14, 148.