novercalis

nŏvercālis, e, adj. [noverca], of or belonging to a step-mother (post-class.).

I.

Lit.:

novercales ibat venator in agros Ascanius,

of Dido, Stat. S. 5, 2, 118:

atque novercali sedes praelata Lavino,

called after Ascanius's step-mother, Lavinia, Juv. 12, 71:

Mycenae,

i. e. sacred to Juno, the stepmother of Bacchus, Stat. Th. 7, 177.—

II.

Transf., of or like a step-mother, i. e. hostile, malevolent:

novercalia odia,

Tac. A. 12, 2:

novercales Liviae in Agrippinam stimuli,

id. ib. 1, 33:

novercalibus oculis aliquem intueri,

Sen. Contr. 4, 6: erat circa illum Zenobia novercali animo, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 16.