νῦν

English (LSJ)

(for νυν, νυ, v. infr. II), Adv.

   A now, both of the present moment, and of the present time generally, οἳ ν. βροτοί εἰσιν mortals of our day, Il.1.272 ; so in Ion. and Att., οἱ ν. [ἄνθρωποι] men of the present day, Hdt.1.68 ; οἵ γε ν. Pi.O.1.105, B.5.4, cf. Arist.Metaph.1069a26 ; ὁ ν. τρόπος, τὸ ν. βαρβαρικόν, Th.1.6 ; Βοιωτοὶ οἱ ν. ib.12 ; ὁ ν. παρὼν χρόνος S.Tr.174, al., Pl.Prm.141e ; ἡμέρα ἡ ν. S.OT351 ; νὺξ ἡ ν. Id.Ant.16 ; ἡ ν. ὁδός Id.El.1295 ; τὸ ν. the present, Arist.Ph.218a6, al. ; ἀπὸ τοῦ ν. Pl.Prm.152c, LXXGe.46.30, etc. ; ἀπὸ ν. AP5.40 (Rufin.) ; ἕως τοῦ ν. LXXGe.46.34 ; μέχρι ν. (v.l. μ. τοῦ ν.) D.S.17.110 ; τὰ ν. simply, = ν., Hdt.7.104, E.Heracl.641, etc. ; τό περ ν. Pi. N.7.101 ; τὰ δὲ ν. S.OC133 (lyr.) ; τὸ ν. εἶναι Pl.R.506e, X.Cyr.5.3.42, Arist.Ath.31.2 ; τὸ ν. ἔχον Act.Ap.24.25.    2 of the immediate past, just now, but now, ν. Μενέλαος ἐνίκησεν Il.3.439, cf. 13.772, Od. 1.43, S.OC84, X.Cyr.4.5.48 ; ν. γοῦν ἐπεχείρησας Pl.R.341c ; ἡλίκα ν. ἐτραγῴδει D.18.13.    3 of the future, presently, ν. αὖτ' ἐγχείῃ πειρήσομαι Il.5.279, cf. 20.307, Od.1.200 ; ν. φεύξομαι, τόθ' ἁγνὸς ὤν E.El.975 ; cf. νῦν δή, νυνί.    4 sts. opp. to what might have been under other circumstances, as it is (or was), as the case stands (or stood), as a matter offact, ν. δ' ὁ μὲν ὣς ἀπόλωλε Od.1.166 ; εἰ μὲν ὑπώπτευον, οὐκ ἂν . . ἐποιούμην· ν. δὲ κτλ. Th.4.126, cf. 1.122, 3.113, Pl. Cra.384b, D.18.195, etc. ; καὶ ν. even so, X.An.7.4.24,7.7.17.    5 coupled with other Particles, τὰ ν. γε S.Ph.245, etc. ; ν. γε μάν Pi. P.1.50 ; ν. δή, v. h. v. : with other expressions of Time, ν. . . σήμερον, ν. ἡμέρη ἥδε, Il.7.29, 13.828 ; ν. ἤδη henceforth, S.Ant.801 (anap.), etc. ; ν. . . ἄρτι but now, Pl.Cra.396c.    II enclit. (but see below) νυν, νυ. [νυ only Ep., Boeot., and Cypr. (also Arc. in ὅνυ, q. v.) ; νῠν twice in Hom., Il.10.105, 23.485 : ῡ in Trag. (ῡ A.Th.242,246, S.Ant.705, E.Or.1678, etc. ; ῠ S.Tr.92, E.Andr.91, etc.), ῡ in Com. (Ar.V.1381, Pl.975, al.), exc. Cratin.144, Ar.Th.105 (lyr., citing Agatho), and perh. Nu.141 ; both quantities in τοίνυν, q.v.]    1 rarely of Time, now, perh. so used in Il.10.105, cf. Parm.19.1, Pi. P.11.44, al., Epich.170.6.    2 in Ep. mostly as a particle of emphasis, ἧκε δ' ἐπ' Ἀργείοισι κακὸν βέλος· οἱ δέ νυ λαοὶ θνῇσκον Il.1.382, etc. : freq. coupled with other Particles or Conjs., ἦ ῥά ν. 4.93 ; καί νύ κεν 3.373 ; οὔ ν., μή νύ τοι, 10.165, 1.28 ; ἐπεί νύ τοι ib.416 ; ὥς νύ περ 2.258.    3 in commands or entreaties, μή ν. μοι νεμεσήσετ' 15.115 : freq. with other Advbs., δεῦρό ν. come now ! 23.485 ; ἐνταῦθά ν. ὕβριζε A.Pr.82, cf. Ar.Th.1001, V.149, Pl.724 ; εἶά ν. Id.Pax467, V.430, Pl.316 : freq. with imper., φέρε ν. ib.789 ; ἄγε ν. Id.Pax1056, V.381 ; σπεῦδέ ν. Id.Pl.414 ; σίγαν. S.Aj.87, Cratin.l.c. ; περίδου ν. Ar.Nu.644, cf. X.Cyr.5.3.21, etc. ; ὕφαινέ ν. B.18.8 ; so in Boeot., ν. ἔνθω IG7.3172.88 (Orchom.) ; also in Cypr. with opt. in commands, δυϝάνοι ν., δώκοι ν., Inscr.Cypr.135.6,16 H. (Idalion).    4 in questions, τίς ν. ; τί ν.; who, what, why now? Il.5.373, 1.414,4.31 ; ἦ νυ . .; Od.6.125. [In signf. I always perispom. In signf. II perispom. exc. when short, Hdn.Gr.2.39, al. ; enclit. when short, sts. in codd., as Il.23.485 (Pap. in AJP21.304, etc. ; oxyt. when = δή, Tyrannioap.Hdn.Gr.2.27 ; καθ' ὁμαλισμόν or κατ' ἔγκλισιν when=δή, Sch.Ar.Pl.414, Sch.A.R.1.664). In codd. usu. perispom. in both senses, A.Pr.82, Th.242, 246, S.Ant.705,El.324, Ar.Pl.414, V.758,922, etc. ; even νῠν is written νῦν in codd. vett. Pi. passim, also in S.Aj.87, Tr.92, etc. ; hence νυν may freq. be restored where the sense requires it. The accent of τοίνῡν perh. shows that both νῠν and νῡν could be enclitic.—Position : in signf. I νῦν can occupy any position ; in signf. II it prefers (like other enclitics, but also like ἄν, δέ, γάρ, etc.) the second place in the sentence, e.g. πρός νύν σε πατρός S.Ph.468, cf. OC1333 ; ἀπό νύν με λείπετ' ἤδη Id.Ph.1177 (lyr.) ; μετά νυν δός E.Supp.56 (lyr.) ; νυ (always enclitic) precedes other enclitics and allows only δέ to precede.] (Cf. Skt. nú, n[umacracute], nūnám, OE. nū 'now', etc.)