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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 /> <b>A</b> In gen.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <b>3</b> 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 /> <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 /> <b>C</b> In [[special]] phrases.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <b>3</b> 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 /> <b>A</b> Of [[past]] or [[future]] [[time]], conceived as [[present]], [[now]], at [[that]] [[time]].<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[past]] [[time]]: id [[adeo]] nos [[nunc]] [[factum]] invenimus, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 46: [[item]] Menandri Phasma [[nunc]] [[nuper]] dedit (Gr. νῦν [[ἄρτι]] | |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 /> <b>A</b> In gen.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <b>3</b> 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 /> <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 /> <b>C</b> In [[special]] phrases.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <b>3</b> 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 /> <b>A</b> Of [[past]] or [[future]] [[time]], conceived as [[present]], [[now]], at [[that]] [[time]].<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> Of [[future]] [[time]] ([[rare]]): [[quis]] [[nunc]] te adibit? Cui videberis bella? Quem [[nunc]] amabis? Cat. 8, 16 sq.; Just. 8, 2, 10.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of the [[state]] of affairs, the [[condition]] of the [[argument]], etc., [[now]], under these circumstances, in [[view]] of this.<br /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> 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 /> <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 /> <b>b</b> Nunc ... mox, Vell. 2, 63.—<br /> <b>c</b> Nunc ... [[postremo]], Liv. 3, 49.—<br /> <b>d</b> Nunc ... [[modo]], Liv. 8, 32; Ov. M. 13, 922.—<br /> <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 /> <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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nunc: adv. Sanscr. nu, nūnam, now; Gr. νύ, νῦν; cf. Lat. num, with demonstr. -ce,
I now, at present, at this time (prop of that which is present to the speaker or writer).
A In gen.
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 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.—
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.—
C In special phrases.
1 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.—
2 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.—
3 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.—
II Transf.
A Of past or future time, conceived as present, now, at that time.
1 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. —
2 Of future time (rare): quis nunc te adibit? Cui videberis bella? Quem nunc amabis? Cat. 8, 16 sq.; Just. 8, 2, 10.—
B Of the state of affairs, the condition of the argument, etc., now, under these circumstances, in view of this.
1 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.—
2 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.—
C 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.—
b Nunc ... mox, Vell. 2, 63.—
c Nunc ... postremo, Liv. 3, 49.—
d Nunc ... modo, Liv. 8, 32; Ov. M. 13, 922.—
D 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.—
E 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.
