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num.

a particle usually expecting a negation, such as: Is it? It isn’t, is it?

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adv[ˈnũː]Classical-Latin[ˈnum]
  1. a particle usually expecting a negation, such as: Is it? It isn’t, is it?

    not-comparable
    Num Sparta īnsula est? — Nōn est īnsula.
  2. whether

    not-comparable
  3. now (only in the phrase etiam num)

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.