νῦν

νῦν (for [full] νυν, [full] 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 [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] 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 [dialect] Ep., [dialect] Boeot., and Cypr. (also Arc. in ὅνυ, q. v.) ; νῠν twice in Hom., Il.10.105, 23.485 : ῡ?νῦνX in Trag. ([pron. full] ῡ A.Th.242,246, S.Ant.705, E.Or.1678, etc. ; [pron. full] ῠ S.Tr.92, E.Andr.91, etc.), [pron. full] 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 [dialect] 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 [dialect] Boeot.,

ν. ἔνθω IG7.3172.88

(Orchom.) ; also in Cypr. with opt. in commands, δυϝάνοι ν., δώκοι ν., Inscr.Cypr.135.6,16 H. ([place name] 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 τοίνῡ?νῦνXν 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.)