NOTA CENSO'RIA. [Censor.]

NOVENDIA'LE (sc. saenim). 1. A festi-
val lasting nine days, which was celebrated
as often as stones rained from heaven. It
was originally instituted byTuUus Hostilius,
when there was a shower of stones upon the
Mons Albanus, and was frequently celebrated
in later times. 2. This name was also given
to the sacrifice performed nine days after a
funeral. [Funus.]

NOVl HCTMINlBS. After the senate and
the higher offices of the state were opened to
the plebeians, a new order of nobility arose,
and the ten^ NolnUs was applied to those
persons whose ancestors had been magistra-
lus curules and who were entitled to the jut
imaginvm. [Maoistbatus ; Imago.] Those
persons, on the contrary, whose ancestors
bad not been so distinguished, were called
Ignobiles; and when those who belonged to
the latter class obtained any of the higher
magistracies, they were called Novi Homines
or upstarts. The nobiles attempted to keep
all the higher offices of the state in their own
body, and violently opposed all candidates
who did not belong to their order. Some of
the most distinguished men in the state were,
however, novi homines, as T. Coruncanius,
who lived before the first Punic war, Sp.
Carvilius, M. Cato, Mummius, the conqueror
of Achaia, C. Marius, and Cicero.
NUDUS iyvfivdc). These words, besides
denoting absolute nakedness, were applied
to any one who, being without an Amictus,
wore only his tunic or indutus. In this state
of nudity the ancients perfbrmed the opera-
tions of ploughing, sowing and reaping. The
accompanying woodcut shows a man plough-
ing in nis tumc only.
This term applied to the warrior expressed
the absence or some part of his armour.
Hence the light-armed were called yvfiv^rec-
[Aema.]



HUPTUB.
