nuper Latin · revision 17972

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnuː.pɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnuː.per]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nūper''' (comparative nūperius, superlative nūperrimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ A superlative ''nūperrimē'' is found.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD analyses it as ⟨nu-⟩, the stem of [[nunc]], with the ending [[m|la|-per]] of [[semper]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Köbler compares [[ine-pro|*nū-|t=now]].^(Köbler 2010) L&S explained it as standing for ⟨*novum-per⟩, from [[m|la|novus|t=new]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''remīsit nūper ad mē epistulam'', “he sent me a letter in reply not long ago”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Nūper'' is “not long ago, recently”, and ''nunc nūper'' “just now” (Terence: ''māter … mortuast nūper'', “her mother died lately”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It also means “in recent years, in our own time”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “recently, newly, lately”, and ''nūper admodum'' “very recently”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''remīsit nūper ad mē epistulam''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''māter … mortuast nūper''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|recently]], lately, not long ago.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # In recent years, in our own time.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nūperus]]

+ * [[prōnūper]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nunc]]

+ * [[semper]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}