novo

nŏvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [novus].

I.

Lit., to make new, to renew:

ipsi transtra novant,

Verg. A. 5, 752:

nullā prole novare viros,

Ov. F. 1, 622:

gregem,

Stat. Th. 10, 229:

fessa membra,

to refresh, Ov. H. 4, 90:

vivāque nitentia lymphā membra novat,

Val. Fl. 3, 423:

ardorem,

Liv. 26, 19, 2:

vulnera mentis,

Ov. P. 4, 11, 20; to break up fallow ground:

novate novale,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 3: ager novatus, a field ploughed again, prepared for sowing:

agro non semel arato sed novato et iterato,

Cic. de Or. 2, 30, 131; Ov. P. 4, 2, 44.— To invent, coin, etc.:

verba,

Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149; cf. id. ib. 3, 38, 154; so,

verbum aut inusitatum aut novatum aut translatum,

id. ib. 3, 38, 152:

multa novantur in omni genere materiae,

Quint. 5, 10, 106:

novata forma dicendi,

id. 9, 1, 14:

ignotum hoc aliis ipse novavit opus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 346.—

II.

Transf., to change, alter.

A.

In gen.:

aliquid in legibus,

Cic. Leg. 3, 5, 12:

nomen faciemque,

Ov. M. 4, 540:

hoc quoque novat (Aristoteles), quod prooemio non narrationem subjungit, sed propositionem,

i. e. deviates from the rule, Quint. 3, 9, 5.—

B.

In partic., in a political respect: novare res, to alter the existing constitution, to overthrow the government, make or effect a revolution:

res,

Liv. 1, 52:

novandi res aliquam occasionem quaerentes,

id. 24, 23, 6:

omnia novare velle,

id. 35, 34; 32, 38 fin.:

Civilis novare res hoc modo coepit,

Tac. H. 4, 14.—Also absol.:

novare: ubi primum dubiis rebus novandi spes oblata est,

Sall. C. 39, 3; Liv. 42, 31; Tac. A. 4, 18; cf. impers. pass.:

ne quid eo spatio novaretur,

Sall. C. 55, 1.