Verbum Hodiernum: NUNC

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NUNC Dictionary Entry

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Today's word is the adverb NUNC. The "c" you see here is the same as the emphatic "c" at the end of the words hic, haec, hoc. So, the basic adverb meaning "now" is num, but add the "c" and you get nunc.

The opposite of nunc is tunc (or tum), which means "then, at that time."

You can also use the word nunc in a pair to mean "now (at this time)... now (at some other time)" - as in this example: Nunc huc, nunc illuc curro, "Now I run this way, not I run that way."

Here are some phrases and sayings that use today's word:

Nunc aut numquam.

Nunc nox, mox lux.

Olim non erat ut nunc.

Sub qua nunc recubas arbore, virga fuit.

Vetera quae nunc sunt fuerunt olim nova.

Iudex bonus est pice nunc rarior alba.

Qui fuit rana nunc est rex.

Bene navigavi nunc, cum naufragium feci.

Nunc pluit, nunc claro.

Stultus nunc ridet, nunc flet.

Nunc mihi, nunc tibi, benigna fortuna.

Folia nunc cadunt; tum arbores in te cadent.

Ver redit; nunc est canendum.

Aquam a pumice nunc postulas.