ex tunc
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ex tunc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛks ˈtʌŋk/
Prepositional phrase
ex tunc
- (law) from the beginning, from the outset. Used to describe certain legal effects that can affect situations prior to this point in time and therefore can affect past actions.
Antonyms
Translations
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ex tunc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔɛksˈtʊŋk]
Adverb
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ex (“from, out of”) + tunc (“then, in the past”); the use of ex with adverbs of time is a Late Latin development.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛks ˈtʊŋk]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛks ˈt̪uŋk]
Adverb
ex tunc (not comparable) (Late Latin)
References
- ex in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- Souter, Alexander (1949) “extunc”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 142
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ex tunc (literally “from then”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛks ˈtuŋk/
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