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homo novus

a parvenu (a man no member of whose family has held curule office).

Etymology:

  • A novus homo by taking office becomes for his descendants princeps nobilitatis (Cic. Brut. 14) or auctor generis (Leg. Agr. 2. 35).
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Submitted on October 09, 2019

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