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|Full diacritics=νυ
|Medium diacritics=νυ
|Low diacritics=νυ
|Capitals=ΝΥ
|Transliteration A=ny
|Transliteration B=ny
|Transliteration C=ny
|Beta Code=nu
|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[νῦν]] ''ΙΙ''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">νῦ, τό,</b> indecl., the letter ν, <span class="bibl">Achae.33.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Cra.</span>414c</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>2.4321.21 (iv B.C.), <span class="title">BCH</span>29.483 (Delos), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>153.16</span> (ii A.D.). (Cf. Hebr. [[nūn]].) </span>
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{{bailly
|btext=v. [[νυνί]].
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{{grml
|mltxt=<b>(I)</b><br />το (Α νῡ)<br /><b>άκλ.</b> το δέκατο τρίτο [[γράμμα]] του ελληνικού αλφαβήτου<br /><b>νεοελλ.</b><br /><b>φρ.</b> «με το νυ και με το [[σίγμα]]» — με [[κάθε]] [[λεπτομέρεια]], με [[ακριβολογία]].<br />[<b><span style="color: brown;">ΕΤΥΜΟΛ.</span></b> Βλ. εγκυκλ. λ. <i>Ν</i>, <i>ν</i>].<br /> <b>(II)</b><br />νυ (Α)<br /><b>επίρρ.</b> (εγκλιτ. τ.) <b>βλ.</b> <i>νυν</i>.
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{{etym
|etymtx=νυν Grammatical information: pcle<br />Meaning: encl. part., rarely adv. [[now]], [[νῦν]] adv. [[now]] (Il.), w. deict. <b class="b3">-ι</b>, <b class="b3">νυν-ί</b> (Att.; like <b class="b3">ὁδ-ί</b> etc.); on spread and use Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 57 ff. (also Risch Gnomon 30, 92).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [770] <b class="b2">*nu</b>, [[nu]] [[now]]<br />Etymology: Old inherited adv., in several languages retained, e.g. Skt. <b class="b2">nú</b>, <b class="b2">nū́</b>, <b class="b2">nūn-ám</b>, Lat. [[nu-diūs tertius]] <b class="b2">(it is) now the third day</b>, [[num]], [[nun-c]], Germ., e. g. OHG [[nū]], late MHG [[nūn]], Lith. <b class="b2">nũ</b>, <b class="b2">nù</b>, <b class="b2">nūn-aĩ</b>, Hitt. [[nu]] (copul. part.), [[ki-nun]] [[now]] etc, s. WP. 2, 340, Pok. 770, W.-Hofmann s. [[nunc]], Mayrhofer s. <b class="b2">nūnám</b>, Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">nũ</b>. -- Gr. <b class="b3">νῦ-ν</b> can have both old [[-m]] (Lat. [[nu-m]]) and [[-n]] (Skt. <b class="b2">nūn-ám</b>). The vowellength Specht wants KZ 59, 280ff. to explain as IE lengthening because of the final syllable; rejected by Kretschmer Glotta 22, 240 f.
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{{FriskDe
|ftr='''νυ''': [[νυν]]<br />{nu}<br />'''Forms''': [[νῦν]] Adv. [[jetzt]] (seit Il.), m. deikt. -ι, [[νυνί]]̄ (att.; wie [[ὁδί]]̄ usw.); ausführlich über Verbreitung und Gebrauch Ruijgh L’élém. ach. 57 ff. (dazu Risch Gnomon 30, 92).<br />'''Grammar''': enkl. Part., selten Adv.<br />'''Meaning''': [[nun]],<br />'''Etymology''': Altererbtes Adv., in mehreren Sprachen erhalten. z.B. aind. ''nú'', ''nū́'', ''nūn''-''ám'', lat. ''nu''-''diūs'' ''tertius'' ‘(es ist) nun der dritte Tag’, ''num'', ''nun''-''c'', germ., z. B. ahd. ''nū̆'', spätmhd. ''nū̆n'', lit. ''nũ'', ''nù'', ''nūn''-''aĩ'', heth. ''nu'' (kopul. Part.), ''ki''-''nun'' [[jetzt]] u.a.m., s. WP. 2, 340, Pok. 770, W.-Hofmann s. ''nunc'', Mayrhofer s. ''nūnám'', Fraenkel s. ''nũ'' mit weiteren Formen u. Lit. —Gr. [[νῦν]] kann sowohl altes -''m'' (lat. ''nu''-''m'') wie -''n'' (aind. ''nūn''-''ám'') sein. Die Vokallänge will Specht KZ 59, 280ff. als idg. Dehnung wegen der Einsilbigkeit erklären; ablehnend Kretschmer Glotta 22, 240 f.<br />'''Page''' 2,325
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