καινοτομία

A. opening of new mines, Hyp. Eux. 36 (pl.), IG 22.1587.5 (prob.), Poll. 3.87, 7.98 (pl.).

II. mostly metaph., making anew, inventing, ὀνομάτων Pl. Lg. 715d; innovation, κ. περὶ τοὺς λόγους Plu. Cic. 2: in Music, Satyr. Vit.Eur.Fr. 39 xxii 5; μηδεμίαν κ. γίγνεσθαι Mitteis Chr. 96 ii 19 (iv A. D.): pl., innovations in the state, Lat. res novae, Pl. Lg. 950a; κ. τῆς πολιτείας Plb. 13.1.2: in Law, interference with another's right or easement, Just. Nov. 7.5.1: pl., ib.63 tit.

2. = καινότης, novelty, strangeness, ἡ κ. τοῦ συμβαίνοντος Plb. 1.23.10: pl., Plu. Alex. 72.