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|lnetxt=nunc ADV :: [[now]], [[today]], [[at present]]
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|lshtext=<b>nunc</b>: adv. Sanscr. nu, nūnam, [[now]]; Gr. νύ, νῦν; cf. Lat. num, [[with]] demonstr. -ce,<br /><b>I</b> [[now]], at [[present]], at this [[time]] ([[prop]] of [[that]] [[which]] is [[present]] to the [[speaker]] or [[writer]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Contrasted [[with]] [[past]] [[time]] (opp. tum, [[tunc]], [[antea]], [[quondam]], [[aliquando]], [[olim]], etc.): [[longe]] aliam, [[inquam]], praebes [[nunc]] [[atque]] [[olim]], Plaut. As. 1, 3, 53; Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 4: [[alium]] esse censes [[nunc]] me [[atque]] [[olim]], id. And. 3, 3, 13: omnia, quae sunt conclusa [[nunc]] artibus, dispersa [[quondam]] fuerunt, Cic. de Or 1, 42, 187: sed tu illum animum [[nunc]] adhibe, [[quaeso]], quo me tum esse oportere censebas, id. Fam. 6, 1, 16; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 24; Verg. A. 6, 776: sed erat [[tunc]] [[excusatio]] oppressis; [[nunc]] nulla est, Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 14; Liv. 4, 34, 6; 4, 25, 13: arx [[minus]] [[aliquanto]] [[nunc]] munita [[quam]] [[antea]], Cic. Div. in Caecil. 5, 13: [[nunc]] si videtur, hoc; illud [[alias]], id. Tusc. 1, 11, 23; Liv. 29, 18, 18; Suet. Tib. 29: aut [[nunc]] ... aut [[aliquando]], Cic. Mil. 25, 67: [[ante]] hoc [[tempus]] [[numquam]] ... sed [[nunc]], id. Ac. 1, 1, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Contrasted [[with]] [[future]] [[time]] (opp. [[postea]], mox, [[olim]], etc.): Cluentio [[nisi]] [[nunc]] satisfecero, [[postea]] satisfaciendi [[potestas]] non erit, Cic. Clu. 4, 10; Liv. 39, 19, 6: deos [[nunc]] testes esse, mox [[fore]] ultores, id. 3, 2, 4; 3, 25, 8: qui [[olim]] nominabitur, [[nunc]] intellegitur, Quint. 10, 1, 104; Verg. A. 4, 627; cf. Liv. 40, 15, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol. of [[present]] [[time]], [[without]] [[suggestion]] of [[contrast]], = [[hodie]], nostro tempore: [[nunc]] [[tibi]] [[pater]] hic est, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 21: [[Marcellus]], qui [[nunc]] [[aedilis]] [[curulis]] est, Cic. de Or. 1, 13, 57.— With the interrog. ne, in the form nun-cine (for num-ce-ne; [[ante]]-[[class]].): [[hem]], nuncin [[demum]]? Ter. And. 4, 1, 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Strengthened by [[demum]], [[denique]], [[primum]] (v. h. vv.): [[nunc]] [[demum]] [[intellego]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 62; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 12: [[nunc]] [[demum]] [[rescribo]] his litteris, Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1: [[tantum]] accessit, ut mihi [[nunc]] [[denique]] [[amare]] videar, [[antea]] dilexisse, id. ib. 14, 17, A, 5; id. Fam. 9, 14, 11; Ov. A. A. 3, 121: [[nunc]], [[quam]] rem [[oratum]] huc veni, [[primum]] proloquar, Plaut. Am. prol. 50; 2, 2, 63; 2, 2, 52: [[nunc]] [[primum]] hoc aures tuae [[crimen]] accipiunt? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 24; 2, 2, 60, § 147: hoc [[quoque]] [[propter]] tuos ternos denarios [[nunc]] [[primum]] postulatur, id. ib. 2, 3, 25, § 63.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In [[special]] phrases.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ut [[nunc]] est, as things [[now]] are, in the [[present]] [[state]] of affairs, as matters [[stand]]: constitui, ut [[nunc]] est, cum exercitu proficisci, Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 31, 17: quae (causae) si manebunt ... et, ut [[nunc]] est, mansurae videntur, Cic. Att. 12, 29, 1: [[suaviter]], ut [[nunc]] est, [[inquam]], Hor. S. 1, 9, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Qui [[nunc]] sunt, the men of this [[time]], those [[now]] [[living]], the [[present]] [[age]]: judiciis, qui [[nunc]] sunt. hominum, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15, § 43; Plin. 22, 25, 71, § 147; cf.: tace stulta: non tu [[nunc]] hominum [[mores]] vides? of the men of this [[day]], Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 57.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nunc ipsum, [[just]] [[now]], at this [[very]] [[time]]: [[quin]] [[nunc]] ipsum non dubitabo rem tantam abicere si id erit rectius, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 2; 8, 9, 2; 12, 40, 2: [[nunc]] [[tamen]] ipsum, id. ib. 12, 16, 11.—Nunc [[repeated]] [[with]] [[emphasis]]: [[nunc]], [[nunc]] o liceat crudelem abrumpere vitam, Verg. A. 8, 579 (al. [[nunc]] o [[nunc]]); 5, 189: [[nunc]], [[nunc]] adeste, [[nunc]] in hostiles domos Iram vertite, Hor. Epod. 5, 53.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of [[past]] or [[future]] [[time]], conceived as [[present]], [[now]], at [[that]] [[time]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[past]] [[time]]: id [[adeo]] nos [[nunc]] [[factum]] invenimus, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 46: [[item]] Menandri Phasma [[nunc]] [[nuper]] dedit (Gr. νῦν [[ἄρτι]]), Ter. Eun. prol. 9: [[nunc]] in causā refrixit, Cic. Planc. 23, 55: quos ego campos [[antea]] nitidissimos vidissem, hos ita vastatos [[nunc]] videbam, ut, etc., id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47: [[nunc]] [[reus]] erat [[apud]] Crassum, id. Att. 2, 24, 4: cum eum [[antea]] tui similem in dicendo viderim, tum [[vero]] [[nunc]] ... [[multo]] videbam similiorem, id. Brut. 71, 250: [[incerto]] [[nunc]] [[etiam]] exitu victoriae signa intulerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 62, 6; 6, 40, 6: [[nunc]] Saliaribus Ornare pul vinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus, Hor C. 1, 37, 2.—Esp. in orat. obliq., [[where]] the [[nunc]] of [[direct]] [[narration]] is retained: dixit, [[nunc]] [[demum]] se voti esse damnatum, Nep Timol. 5, 3; Liv. 3, 19, 8; 3, 40, 10; 8, 33, 18; 8, 34, 3; 42, 52, 8: nec [[nunc]] adulteria objecturum ait, Tac. A. 11, 30; cf. Nipperd. ad Tac. A. 14, 35; Krebs, Antibarb. p. 774. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[future]] [[time]] ([[rare]]): [[quis]] [[nunc]] te adibit? Cui videberis bella? Quem [[nunc]] amabis? Cat. 8, 16 sq.; Just. 8, 2, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of the [[state]] of affairs, the [[condition]] of the [[argument]], etc., [[now]], under these circumstances, in [[view]] of this.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen.: [[nunc]] [[quoniam]] hominem generavit et ornavit [[deus]], perspicuum [[sit]], etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27; Prop. 4, 9, 73: vera [[igitur]] [[illa]] sunt [[nunc]] omnia, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 106: non ego [[nunc]] [[vereor]], ne sis mihi vilior istis, Prop. 1, 2, 25; Ov. F. 1, 333: [[nunc]] [[itaque]] et [[versus]] et [[cetera]] ludicra [[pono]], Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 10: [[quid]] [[nunc]]? Plaut. As. 3, 3, 71; id. Aul. 2, 3, 77.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introducing a [[fact]] or [[conclusion]] opposed to a [[previous]] [[supposition]] or [[thought]]: [[etiamsi]] ad vos esset singulos aliquid ex hoc agro perventurum, [[tamen]] honestius eum vos universi [[quam]] [[singuli]] possideretis. Nunc [[vero]] cum ad nos [[nihil]] pertineat, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 31, 85; id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2; id. Cat. 2, 7, 16; id. Font. 11, 24: si [[ecastor]] [[nunc]] habeas [[quod]] des, [[alia]] verba perhibeas; [[nunc]] [[quia]] [[nihil]] habes, maledictis te eam ductare postulas, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 36; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 8; Quint. 8, 6, 48; 10, 5, 7; Liv. 21, 40, 3: quodsi Mazaeus supervenisset, [[ingens]] [[clades]] accipi potuit: [[nunc]], dum [[ille]] [[segnis]] in eo [[tumulo]] sedet, etc., Curt. 4, 12, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Nunc ... [[nunc]], [[now]] ... [[now]]; at one [[time]], at [[another]]; [[sometimes]] ... [[sometimes]]: tribuni [[plebis]] [[nunc]] fraudem, [[nunc]] neglegentiam consulum accusabant, Liv. 4, 2: [[nunc]] hac parte, [[nunc]] illā, id. 34, 13: ut [[nunc]] in liminibus starent, [[nunc]] errabundi domos suas pervagarentur, id. 1, 29: [[nunc]] hos, [[nunc]] illos [[aditus]] omnemque pererrat Arte locum, Verg. A. 5, 441; 5, 189: [[nunc]] huc, [[nunc]] [[illuc]] [[curro]], Ov. H. 10, 19.—Also [[thrice]] [[repeated]]: [[nunc]] ad prima signa, [[nunc]] in [[medium]], [[nunc]] in [[ultimo]] agmine aderat, Curt. 7, 3, 17; Just. 4, 1, 4; and [[even]] [[five]] times, Sen. Dial. 5 (Ira), 3, 6.—The [[first]] [[nunc]] is [[sometimes]] poetically omitted: pariterque sinistros, Nunc dextros solvere [[sinus]], Verg. A. 5, 830.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Nunc ... mox, Vell. 2, 63.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Nunc ... [[postremo]], Liv. 3, 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> Nunc ... [[modo]], Liv. 8, 32; Ov. M. 13, 922.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> In forming a [[climax]], [[but]] [[now]], Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 8: quae [[quidem]] [[multo]] plura evenirent, si ad quietem integri iremus: [[nunc]] onusti [[cibo]] et vino perturbata et confusa cernimus, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60: si haec non ad cives Romanos, si non ad homines, [[verum]] ad bestias conqueri vellem, [[tamen]] tantā rerum atrocitate commoverentur. Nunc [[vero]] cum loquar [[apud]] senatores populi Romani, etc., id. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 171: si ... [[nunc]] ([[vero]]), id. Font. 11, 25; id. Cat. 2, 7, 14; id. Fam. 15, 13, 3: cum aliquid videbatur caveri posse, tum id neglegi dolebam; [[nunc]] [[vero]], eversis omnibus rebus, etc., id. ib. 6, 21, 1: cum ... [[nunc]] [[vero]], Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 19, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> In a [[transition]], to [[introduce]] a [[new]] [[subject]], in [[that]] [[case]], [[now]], [[then]]: abi [[nunc]], populi fidem implora, Auct. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3; Sen. Ben. 5, 12, 3 sq.; 6, 35, 5; Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 17; cf. Sall. J. 14, 17; for nunciam, v. iam, I. A. 1. b.
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|gf=<b>nunc</b>,⁴ (num-ce), adv.,<br /><b>1</b> [sens temporel] maintenant, à présent : <b> a)</b> [[nunc]]..., [[quondam]] Cic. de Or. 1, 187, à présent..., autrefois ; erat [[tunc]]... ; [[nunc]] Cic. Phil. 7, 14, il y avait alors... ; maintenant ; [[nunc]] [[hoc]], [[illud]] [[alias]] Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, traitons ce point-ci maintenant, le second une autre fois ; [[aut]] [[hunc]] [[nunc]] cogitare [[aut]] [[molitum]] [[aliquando]] [[aliquid]] putas Cic. Mil. 67, tu crois ou qu’il médite qqch. maintenant ou qu’il a machiné qqch. un jour ; [[nunc]] [[demum]] Cic. Att. 16, 3, 1, maintenant seulement ; [[nunc]] [[olim]] Virg. En. 4, 627 ; Luc. 9, 604, maintenant ou qq. jour, tôt ou tard ; ut [[nunc]] [[est]] Cic. Att. 12, 29, 1, pour le moment ; [[nunc]] ipsum Cic. Att. 7, 3, 2, à présent même, à ce moment précisément, cf. Cic. Att. 8, 9, 1 ; 12, 40, 2 ; <b> b)</b> [avec verbes au passé, qqf. au fut., transportés par la pensée dans le prés.] : quos campos... vidissem, hos [[nunc]] videbam... Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, ces champs que pourtant j’avais vus..., je les voyais maintenant..., cf. Cic. Planc. 55 ; Att. 2, 24, 4 ; Br. 250 [[etiam]] [[nunc]] Cæs. G. 6, 40, 6 ; 7, 62, 6 ] ; [d. le st. ind.] Nep. Timol. 5, 3 ; Liv. 3, 19, 8 ; 3, 40, 10, etc. &#124;&#124; [avec fut.] désormais : Catul. 8, 16 ; <b> c)</b> [[nunc]]... [[nunc]], tantôt... tantôt [[non]] classique] : Curt., Liv.<br /><b>2</b> [sens logique] : <b> a)</b> vera [[igitur]] [[illa]] sunt [[nunc]] [[omnia]] Cic. Ac. 2, 106, ainsi donc maintenant tous ces dogmes sont vrais, cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 27 ; <b> b)</b> [opposition à une hypothèse] [[nunc]], [[nunc]] [[autem]], [[nunc]] [[vero]], mais, mais en réalité (grec νῦν δέ) : si [[nihil]] [[animus]] præsentiret... ; [[nunc]]... Cic. Arch. 29, si l’âme ne pressentait [[rien]]... ; mais..., cf. Tusc. 3, 2 ; Verr. 2, 5, 171 ; etc. [[nuncin]] = nuncne Ter. Andr. 683, [[est]]-ce maintenant que...?|
|[avec fut.] désormais : Catul. 8, 16 ; <b> c)</b> [[nunc]]... [[nunc]], tantôt... tantôt [[non]] classique] : Curt., Liv.<br /><b>2</b> [sens logique] : <b> a)</b> vera [[igitur]] [[illa]] sunt [[nunc]] [[omnia]] Cic. Ac. 2, 106, ainsi donc maintenant tous ces dogmes sont vrais, cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 27 ; <b> b)</b> [opposition à une hypothèse] [[nunc]], [[nunc]] [[autem]], [[nunc]] [[vero]], mais, mais en réalité (grec νῦν δέ) : si [[nihil]] [[animus]] præsentiret... ; [[nunc]]... Cic. Arch. 29, si l’âme ne pressentait [[rien]]... ; mais..., cf. Tusc. 3, 2 ; Verr. 2, 5, 171 ; etc. [[nuncin]]=nuncne Ter. Andr. 683, [[est]]-ce maintenant que...?
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|georg=nunc, Adv. ([[num]]-ce, s. [[num]]), [[jetzt]], [[nun]], I) eig., zur [[Angabe]] der [[Zeit]], a) der gegenwärtigen = [[jetzt]], sowohl in dem gegenwärtigen Augenblicke [[als]] übh. = in der [[Gegenwart]], zu unserer [[Zeit]], [[Komik]]., Cic., Caes. u.a.: [[tunc]]... [[nunc]], Cic.: [[nunc]]... tum, Liv.: [[nunc]]... [[ante]], Cic.: [[nunc]]... [[alias]], Cic.: [[nunc]]... [[aliquando]], Cic.: [[nuper]]... [[nunc]], Cic.: [[nunc]]... [[olim]], Ter.: [[nunc]]... [[quondam]], Ov.: [[nunc]] [[olim]], [[über]] [[kurz]] [[oder]] [[lang]], Lucan.: [[nunc]] ipsum, [[gerade]] [[jetzt]], Cic.: [[nunc]] cum [[maxime]], in [[dieser]] [[Zeit]] [[gerade]], Sen.: [[nunc]] [[primum]], [[jetzt]] [[zunächst]], Plaut., u. [[jetzt]] [[erst]], Plaut.: [[iam]] [[nunc]] od. [[nunc]] [[iam]], [[jetzt]] [[eben]], [[jetzt]] [[nun]], [[schon]] [[jetzt]], [[erst]] [[jetzt]], [[noch]] [[jetzt]], Cic. u.a. (vgl. [[nunciam]]): [[nunc]] [[demum]], [[jetzt]] [[erst]], Cic. u.a.: [[nunc]] [[tandem]], [[jetzt]] [[endlich]], Cic. u.a.: ut [[nunc]] est, [[bei]] jetzigen Umständen, [[vor]] der [[Hand]], Cic.: [[usque]] ad [[nunc]], [[bis]] zu unserer [[Zeit]], Oros. 1, 8, 9; 2, 1, 4; 2, 5, 8: a [[nunc]], [[von]] [[jetzt]] an, Eccl. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 232). – [[nunc]] attrib. = jetzige, [[nunc]] homines, die jetzigen Menschen, die [[Mitwelt]], Plaut. Pers. 385. – b) der vergangenen u. zukünftigen, [[insofern]] [[man]] [[sie]] in die [[Gegenwart]] [[herein]] versetzt = [[jetzt]], [[nun]], [[nunc]] [[reus]] erat, Cic.: [[nunc]] in [[causa]] refrixit ([[crimen]]), Cic.: [[nunc]] [[demum]] se voti [[esse]] damnatum, Nep.; vgl. ut [[Paris]] hanc rapuit, [[nunc]] [[demum]] uxore carere [[non]] [[potes]], Ov.: [[nunc]] [[nuper]], [[vor]] kurzem, [[neulich]], Ter.: [[quis]] [[nunc]] te adibit? quem [[nunc]] amabis? Catull.: [[nunc]] [[tempus]] erat, [[mit]] folg. Infin., [[jetzt]] wäre es [[Zeit]] [[gewesen]], Hor.; u. bl. [[nunc]] erat, Petron. – c) [[nunc]]... [[nunc]], [[jetzt]]... [[jetzt]], [[bald]]... [[bald]], [[nunc]] [[huc]], [[nunc]] [[illuc]] et [[utroque]] [[sine]] ordine [[curro]], Ov.: [[nunc]] fraudem [[nunc]] neglegentiam accusabant, Liv.: [[nunc]]... [[nunc]]... [[nunc]], Iustin.: [[nunc]]... [[interdum]]... [[nunc]], Ov.: [[modo]]... [[nunc]], Ov.: [[modo]]... [[interdum]]... [[nunc]]... [[nunc]], Ov.: [[nunc]]... [[nunc]]... [[modo]]... [[modo]], Ov.: [[nunc]]... [[mox]], Vell. – [[mit]] Auslassung [[des]] ersten [[nunc]], sinistros, [[nunc]] dextros, [[bald]]... [[bald]], Verg. – II) übtr.: 1) zur [[Vermittelung]] [[des]] Überganges [[auf]] eine [[andere]] [[Sache]] = [[nun]], [[also]], Plaut. [[Stich]]. 171. Prop. 4, 11, 73 u.a. – 2) ([[wie]] [[νῦν]] δέ) zur [[Angabe]] [[des]] Gegensatzes, [[nun]], [[nun]] [[aber]], so [[aber]], so [[aber]] [[vollends]], verstärkt, [[nunc]] [[autem]], [[nunc]] [[vero]] (s. Ochsner Cic. ecl. p. 343. Fabri Sall. Iug. 14, 17), [[absque]] te esset, [[ego]] illum haberem [[rectum]] ad [[ingenium]] [[bonum]]: [[nunc]] [[propter]] te [[pravus]] [[factus]] est, Plaut.: [[quae]] [[quidem]] [[multo]] plura evenirent, si ad quietem integri iremus: [[nunc]] onusti [[cibo]] et vino perturbata et confusa cernimus, Cic. – [[sic]] philosophi debuerunt intellegere [[inesse]] aliquem habitatorem in [[hac]] caelesti ac [[divina]] [[domo]]. Nunc [[autem]] [[mihi]] videntur ne suspicari [[quidem]] etc., Cic.: si [[quisque]] iudicare posset, [[quae]] [[vis]] [[totius]] esset naturae... Nunc [[vero]] a [[primo]] [[mirabiliter]] occulta [[natura]] est etc., Cic. – / [[nuncin]] = nuncne, Ter. Andr. 683.
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