Interlingua

Adverb

nunc

1. now

Latin

Etymology

From num +‎ -ce, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nuH ‎(“now”), see also Scots noo ‎(“now”), Saterland Frisian nu ‎(“now”), West Frisian no ‎(“now”), Dutch nu, nou ‎(“now”), German nu, nun ‎(“now”), Swedish nu ‎(“now”), Icelandic nú ‎(“now”), Latin num ‎(“even now, whether”), Albanian ni ‎(“now”), Lithuanian nù ‎(“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 ‎(nū, “now”), Sanskrit नु ‎(nu, “now”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /nunk/, [nʊŋk]

Adverb

nunc ‎(not comparable)

1. now
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)

     Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.

     As long as one person exists who can dare to defend you, yet shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

   • Ave Maria — Hail Mary

     ...nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.

     ...now, and in the hour of our death.

Usage notes

"Nunc" always means the literal present or "now"; the other use of "now" is usually translated "iam".

Derived terms

• nudius
• nuncine

References

• nunc in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nunc in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nunc”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • our contemporaries; men of our time: homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)
    
  • the question now is..: nunc id quaeritur, agitur
    
  • the question at issue: res, de qua nunc quaerimus, quaeritur