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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *moḱs, whence also Sanskrit मक्षू (makṣū, “fast; early”), Avestan 𐬨𐬊𐬱𐬎 (mošu, “soon, quickly”), Irish moch (“early”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
mox (not comparable)
- soon
- Synonyms: properē, raptim, breviter, brevī, repente
Vīve! Mox senex eris- Live! Soon you will be old
- (soon) afterwards, then
- as soon as (when followed by ubi, ut or quam)
c. 1200, anonymous,
Carmina Burana 157.7:
- Mox ut vōcem audiō,
dēnūdātō gladiō
lupus immolātur,
ovis ab exitiō
redēmpta reportātur.- As soon as a cry I hear,
with my dagger drawn
the wolf is killed,
and freed from death,
the sheep brought back (into safety).
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