D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Novum

/nōv'-əm/ · No·vum · IPA /nˈoʊvəm/
01 n. A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five.
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    A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five.[Obs.] Also: novem quinque