Novius

Novius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Coccinellidae – certain beetles.

From novus (“new”) +‎ -ius.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.wi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.vi.us]

Novius m sg (genitive Noviī or Novī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Novius, a Roman composer

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• Novia
• Noviānus

• “Novius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Novius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.