novus homo

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɔ.wʊs ˈhɔ.moː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔː.vus ˈɔː.mo] === Noun === novus homō m (genitive novī hominis); third declension new man (Ancient Rome) the first person from a family to serve in the senate, or to be a consul an upstart, nouveau riche, new money ==== Declension ==== Second-declension adjective with a third-declension noun. === References === “novus homo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers