nyn

nyn Sprachstufe:agr. νῦν nun

From Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Cognate with Lithuanian nù (“now, well now”), Latin num (“now”), Latin nunc (“now, soon, today, nowadays”), Sanskrit नु, नू (nu, nū, “now”), Proto-Germanic *nu (English now) and Albanian nu.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /nŷːn/ → /nyn/ → /nin/

Adverb

νῦν • (nûn)

1. (of time) now, at this time [ quotations ▼]

   Νῦν δὲ ἄκουσόν μου!

1. Nûn dè ákousón mou!

   Now listen to me!

1. Νῦν καὶ ἀεί.

1. Nûn kaì aeí.

   For ever and ever.

1. 1. (of the recent past) just now [ quotations ▼]
   2. (constrasting what might have been) as it is, as it stands [ quotations ▼]
2. (not of time, often enclitic)
   1. (used to strengthen or hasten a command, call, etc.) [ quotations ▼]
   2. (used to strengthen a question) [ quotations ▼]