novicium

nŏvīcĭus (late Lat. -ītĭus ), a, um, adj. [novus; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 59 Müll.], new (mostly confined to technical lang.): novum novicium dicimus et proprium propicium augere atque intendere volentes novi et proprii significationem, Alfen. ap. Gell. 6, 5, 1:

quaestus,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 92:

vinum,

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41.—Esp. freq. of slaves who have only recently lost their freedom:

recens captus homo, nuperus et novicius,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 60:

servi,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 6 Müll.:

de grege noviciorum,

Cic. Pis. 1, 1:

venales novicios accepimus,

Quint. 8, 2, 8:

puellae,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 34:

turba grammaticorum,

Gell. 11, 1, 5; cf.:

novicios philosophorum sectatores,

id. 1, 9, 11:

statuae Lupercorum,

Plin. 34, 5, 10, § 18:

colores,

id. 35, 6, 29, § 48:

jam sedet in ripā tetrumque novicius horret Porthmea,

newly arrived, a novice, Juv. 3, 265.—As subst.: nŏ-vīcĭum, i, n. (sc. verbum), a newly-coined word, an innovation in language:

at noviciis nostris per quot annos sermo Latinus repugnat!

Quint. 1, 12, 9.—Hence, adv.: nŏvīcĭō ( nŏvīt- ), newly:

(Luci) Qui novicio capti sunt,

Serv. Verg. A. 11, 316 (acc. to a conject. of Marini, Fratr. Arv. p. 309).