nuper

Latin

Etymology

From the root of num and per. See also Latin semper.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.pɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.per]

Adverb

nūper (comparative nūperius, superlative nūperrimē)

1. 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.)

Usage notes

• The comparative form nūperius is never attested.

References

• “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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016