nunc Latin · revision 17752

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *nu}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnʊŋk]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnuŋk]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nunc''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|num|-ce]], the old “num” “now” (kept in “etiamnum”) with the deictic particle “-ce” “here”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The base goes back to [[ine-pro|*nu|t=now]], extended as ⟨*nu-n⟩; the final ⟨-m⟩ of “num” may be a remodelling of ⟨*nun⟩ after [[nam]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[grc|νῦν|tr=nûn]], [[sa|नूनम्|tr=nūnám]], [[hit|kinun|t=now]], [[got|𐌽𐌿|tr=nu]] and [[en|now]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Naevius on.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Nunc'' means “now, at present”, in contrast with the past (''tum'') or the future; it can also mean “just now” and “in the time to come”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of the state of affairs it means “as things are, in view of this”, and ''nunc … nunc'' “at one time … at another”.^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ With the question particle it forms ''nuncine''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – First found in Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''vīta … corpus meum nunc dēserit'' “life is leaving my body now”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses ''nuncine''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|now]], at present.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Just now; in the time to come.^(OLD 2012)

+ # As things are, in view of this.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''nunc … nunc'', at one time … at another.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nunciam]]

+ * [[nūdius]]

+ * [[nuncine]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[num]]

+ * [[nūper]]

+ * [[iam]]

+ * [[en|now]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}