novus homon.

Brit.

/ˌnəʊvəs ˈhəʊməʊ/,

/ˌnəʊvəs ˈhɒməʊ/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊvəs ˈhoʊmoʊ/

Inflections: Plural novi homines Brit.

/ˌnəʊviː ˈhɒmᵻneɪz/, U.S.

/ˌnoʊvi ˈhoʊməneɪz/.

Forms: 1500s nouus homo, 1700s– novus homo.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin novus homō.

Etymology: < classical Latin novus homō, lit. ‘new man’ < novus new adj. + homō man (see homo n.¹). Originally used in the Rome of the late Republic (and possibly earlier) of the first man in a family to enter the senate, or the first man of senatorial family to reach the consulship, or more especially (and most frequently) of a man from a non-senatorial family who reached the consulship.

A man who has recently risen from insignificance to a position of importance or higher social standing. Cf. new man n.¹ 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperity or success > newly prosperous

novus homo1583

parvenu1787

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. xx. 26 Those which were Noui homines were more allowed, for their vertues new and newly showen, than the olde smell of auncient race newly defaced.

1764 T. Smollett Let. 2 July in Trav. (1766) I. xvii. 280 Of these, three or four families are really respectable: the rest are novi homines, sprung from Bourgeois, who have saved a little money by their different occupations and raised themselves to the rank of noblesse by purchase.

1824 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 2 391 The military leaders, being novi homines, were the great opponents of the aristocracy.

1840 J. S. Mill in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 11 The additions to the ‘money-power’ of the higher ranks, consist of the riches of the novi homines who are continually aggregated to that class from among the merchants and manufacturers.

1878 J. Payn By Proxy II. xii. 130 Warren, on the other hand, is a novus homo, and only a Conservative on that account.

1906 Econ. Jrnl. 16 415 He comes to the conclusion that these novi homines were recruited mainly not from among the small masters, but from the fast disappearing yeomanry.

1956 A. Toynbee Historian's Approach to Relig. xvi. 211 All of which had to draw their diplomats from among novi homines.

1990 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 29 108 While Longchamp was clearly a novus homo, ‘of relatively humble origin’, he was hardly of peasant background.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	novus homo
释义	novus homon. Brit. /ˌnəʊvəs ˈhəʊməʊ/, /ˌnəʊvəs ˈhɒməʊ/, U.S. /ˈnoʊvəs ˈhoʊmoʊ/ Inflections: Plural novi homines Brit. /ˌnəʊviː ˈhɒmᵻneɪz/, U.S. /ˌnoʊvi ˈhoʊməneɪz/. Forms: 1500s nouus homo, 1700s– novus homo. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin novus homō. Etymology: < classical Latin novus homō, lit. ‘new man’ < novus new adj. + homō man (see homo n.¹). Originally used in the Rome of the late Republic (and possibly earlier) of the first man in a family to enter the senate, or the first man of senatorial family to reach the consulship, or more especially (and most frequently) of a man from a non-senatorial family who reached the consulship. A man who has recently risen from insignificance to a position of importance or higher social standing. Cf. new man n.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperity or success > newly prosperous novus homo1583 parvenu1787 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum i. xx. 26 Those which were Noui homines were more allowed, for their vertues new and newly showen, than the olde smell of auncient race newly defaced. 1764 T. Smollett Let. 2 July in Trav. (1766) I. xvii. 280 Of these, three or four families are really respectable: the rest are novi homines, sprung from Bourgeois, who have saved a little money by their different occupations and raised themselves to the rank of noblesse by purchase. 1824 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 2 391 The military leaders, being novi homines, were the great opponents of the aristocracy. 1840 J. S. Mill in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 11 The additions to the ‘money-power’ of the higher ranks, consist of the riches of the novi homines who are continually aggregated to that class from among the merchants and manufacturers. 1878 J. Payn By Proxy II. xii. 130 Warren, on the other hand, is a novus homo, and only a Conservative on that account. 1906 Econ. Jrnl. 16 415 He comes to the conclusion that these novi homines were recruited mainly not from among the small masters, but from the fast disappearing yeomanry. 1956 A. Toynbee Historian's Approach to Relig. xvi. 211 All of which had to draw their diplomats from among novi homines. 1990 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 29 108 While Longchamp was clearly a novus homo, ‘of relatively humble origin’, he was hardly of peasant background. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583
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