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Examples
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“Semper novi quid ex Africa,” criea the Roman proconsul, and he voiced the verdict of forty centuries.
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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Well, ex Elspetho semper aliquid novi, thinks I, who'd have believed it, and thank God she's on my side.
Watershed 2010
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In hac mensa novi Regis,Novum Pascha novæ legis,Phase vetus términat.
Archive 2008-05-01 bls 2008
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Tautan balik ditutup, tapi anda bisa memberi komentar. novi
Mengenal Milk Thistle, Tanaman Penuh Khasiat – Netsains.Com 2008
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Sustainability of the Benguela: ex Africa semper aliquid novi.
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But in those days the Senate was smaller, nor did it contain so many novi homines.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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But in those days the Senate was smaller, nor did it contain so many novi homines.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Pliny the Elder made the observation, possibly borrowed from Aristotle, "Ex Africa semper aliquid novi" ( "There is always something new out of Africa").
At the Desert's Edge Hitchens, Christopher 2007
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Impudicae mulieres opera veneficarum, diaboli coquarum, amatores suos ad se nuctu ducunt et reducunt, ministerio hirci in aere volantis: multos novi qui hoc fassi sunt, &c. 5233.
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Or some fine daughter that died young, Nondum experta novi gaudia prima tori.
glypheme commented on the word novi
I met somebody who used this as a gender-neutral term for a significant other. It derives from Spanish novio/novia, meaning "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" respectively—with the gendered suffix removed. It denotes a more casual relationship than the clunky "partner," I think.
December 17, 2014