Meaning of nunc | Babel Free

Definitions

1. right now, at present, at this time, at this very moment
   not-comparable
2. Of the state of affairs, the condition of the argument, etc., under these circumstances, in view of this
   not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.”

As long as one person exists who can dare to defend you, yet shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

““… Nunc augur Apollō, nunc Lyciae sortēs, nunc et Iove missus ab ipsō interpres dīvum fert horrida iussa per aurās.” “… Now the augur Apollo, now the Lycian oracles, and now – sent by Jupiter himself! – the divine interpreter brings horrid orders through the air.””

(Word repetition or anaphora in Dido’s furious denunciation of the ever-changing excuses for Aeneas’s departure. Alternative translations: “First [it was] the augur Apollo, then the Lycian oracles, and now…” or “One moment it was the augur Apollo, the next the Lycian oracles, and now….”)

“‘hic, ubi nunc Rōma est, orbis caput, arbor et herbae et paucae pecudēs et casa rāra fuit.’ ‘‘Here, where now is Rome – the capital of the world! – there were trees and grass, and a few flocks, and here and there a hut.’’”

(The muse Calliope describes the scene as the early Roman ancestor Evander of Pallantium arrives in Italy.)

“Ave Maria”

Hail Mary

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