νυ

νυ, νῠν

Grammatical information: pcle

Meaning: encl. part., rarely adv. `now', νῦν adv. `now' (Il.), w. deict. -ῑ, νῡν-ί̄ (Att.; like ὁδ-ί̄ etc.); on spread and use Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 57 ff. (also Risch Gnomon 30, 92).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [770] *nu, nū `now'

Etymology: Old inherited adv., in several languages retained, e.g. Skt. nú, nū́, nūn-ám, Lat. nu-diūs tertius `(it is) now the third day', num, nun-c, Germ., e. g. OHG nū̆, late MHG nū̆n, Lith. nũ, nù, nūn-aĩ, Hitt. nu (copul. part.), ki-nun `now' etc, s. WP. 2, 340, Pok. 770, W.-Hofmann s. nunc, Mayrhofer s. nūnám, Fraenkel s. nũ. -- Gr. νῦ-ν can have both old -m (Lat. nu-m) and -n (Skt. nūn-ám). The vowellength Specht wants KZ 59, 280ff. to explain as IE lengthening because of the final syllable; rejected by Kretschmer Glotta 22, 240 f.

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