ex tunc

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ex tunc (“from the beginning”, literally “from then”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛks ˈtʌŋk/

Prepositional phrase

ex tunc

1. (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

• ex nunc

Translations

law: from the beginning, from the outset

• German: ex tunc

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ex tunc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛksˈtʊŋk]

Adverb

ex tunc

1. (law) ex tunc

   Antonym: ex nunc

Latin

Alternative forms

• extunc

Etymology

ex (“from, out of”) +‎ tunc (“then, in the past”); the use of ex with adverbs of time is a Late Latin development.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eks tunk/, [ɛks̠ t̪ʊŋk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eks tunk/, [ɛks t̪uŋk]

Adverb

ex tunc (not comparable) (Late Latin)

1. from then on, from that time
2. from the beginning, from of old
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Isaiah.48.3:

     Priora ex tunc adnuntiavi, et ex ore meo exierunt, et audita feci ea.

     I have declared the former things from of old, and they have gone out from my mouth, and I have made them heard.

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