novercalis

nŏvercālis, e, adj. [noverca], of or belonging to a step-mother (post-class.).

• I Lit.: novercales ibat venator in agros Ascanius, of Dido, Stat. S. 5, 2, 118: atque novercali sedes praelata Lavino, called after Ascanius's step-mother, Lavinia, Juv. 12, 71: Mycenae, i.e. sacred to Juno, the stepmother of Bacchus, Stat. Th. 7, 177.—
• II Transf., of or like a step-mother, i.e. hostile, malevolent: novercalia odia, Tac. A. 12, 2: novercales Liviae in Agrippinam stimuli, id. ib. 1, 33: novercalibus oculis aliquem intueri, Sen. Contr. 4, 6: erat circa illum Zenobia novercali animo, Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyr. 16.

novercālis, e (noverca), stiefmütterlich, I) eig. = der Stiefmutter zugehörig, agri, Stat.: Lavinium, nach des Askanius Stiefmutter Lavinia benannt, Iuven.: Mycenae, der Stiefmutter des Bacchus, der Juno, heilig, Stat. – II) übtr. = lieblos, feindselig, oculi, Sen. rhet.: odium, Aur. Vict.: odia, Tac.: malitia, Apul.: delenimenta, ICt.: Liviae in Agrippinam stimuli, Tac.

novercalis [CL] , of or characteristic of a stepmother (usu. pejorative). illo post triennii tempus ~i fraude occiso Osb. V. Dunst. 37; mulier, ~i odio vipereum dolum ruminans W. Malm. GR II 162; eo loci ‥ jacuit S. Eduardus, hujus sancte [sc. Elgive] ex filio Edgaro nepos, quem, ~i fraude innocenter cesum, celum excepit Id. GP II 86 p. 187; sua mater non fuerat, immo noverca; quanquam non ~i sed materno diligens affectu Gir. EH I 42 p. 295; odioque ~i armans se in privignum, ab eo sue infecunditatis exegit penas Mir. Wulfst. I 17; 1283 ~is fortune verberibus flagellandi Peckham Ep. 430.

nŏvercālis, (13) e (noverca), de belle-mère, de marâtre : Juv. 12, 71 ; Stat. Th. 7, 177 || en belle-mère, hostile, malveillant : Tac. Ann. 12, 2 ; Sen. Rhet. Contr. 4, 6.

novercalis , e. adj.
後母者。

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novercālis e, adj.

• noverca, of a step-mother: novercali sedes praelata Lavino, named for his stepmother, Iu.—Step-motherly, malevolent: odia, Ta.: stimuli, Ta.