lately Copy link Outline 1. nūper (not long since2. mŏdo (a very short time ago; but now)3. rĕcens • lately: 1. nūper (not long since: of an interval of time relatively short): they (the Allobroges) had l. been subdued, n. pacati erant, Caes. B. G. 1, 6: Cic.: Hor. 2. mŏdo (a very short time ago; but now): cf. Cic. Verr. 4, 3, 6, quid dico nuper? immo vero modo, ac plane paullo ante: I have just l. become more friendly, sum amicior m. factus, Cic. Leg. 2, 2, init.: Ov. 3. rĕcens: v. recently.