nuper
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the root of num and per. See also Latin semper.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuː.per/, [ˈnuːpɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnu.per/, [ˈnuːper]
Adverb edit
nūper (comparative nūperius, superlative nūperrimē)
- newly, lately, recently, not long ago
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.677:
- Nūper erat dea facta [...]
- Not long after she was deified [...]
(Ovid is explaining myths which were part of the ancient festival honoring Anna Perenna, who as an elderly woman had become a goddess.)
- Not long after she was deified [...]
- Nūper erat dea facta [...]
References edit
- “nuper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nuper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nuper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- nuper in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016