novus homo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈno.u̯us ˈho.moː/, [ˈnou̯ʊs̠ ˈhɔmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.vus ˈo.mo/, [ˈnɔːvus ˈɔːmo]

Noun

novus homō m (genitive novī hominis); third declension

1. new man
2. (ancient Rome) the first person from a family to serve in the senate, or to be a consul
3. an upstart, nouveau riche, new money

Declension

Second-declension adjective with a third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	novus homō	novī hominēs
Genitive	novī hominis	novōrum hominum
Dative	novō hominī	novīs hominibus
Accusative	novum hominem	novōs hominēs
Ablative	novō homine	novīs hominibus
Vocative	nove homō	novī hominēs

References

• “novus homo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers