nunc

== Interlingua == === Etymology === From Latin nunc. === Adverb === nunc now Synonym: ora == Latin == === Etymology === From num +‎ -ce, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”), see also English now, 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”), Greek νυν (nyn, “now”), Russian ныне (nyne, “now”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnʊŋk] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnuŋk] === Adverb === nunc (not comparable) right now, at present, at this time, at this very moment Synonym: iam Ave Maria — Hail Mary ...nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. ...now, and in the hour of our death. Of the state of affairs, the condition of the argument, etc., under these circumstances, in view of this ==== Usage notes ==== "Nunc" always means the literal present or "now"; the other use of "now" is usually translated "iam". ==== Derived terms ==== nū̆diū̆s nuncine ==== Related terms ==== === References === https://logeion.uchicago.edu/nunc “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 “nunc”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.