I.conj.
I. After that, after, as soon as, when (class., but rare in Cic., who commonly writes postea quam; v. postea); constr. usually with histor. pres., or perf. or imperf. indic., or subj.; rarely with pluperf. (v. Zumpt, § 507, b; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 1, 1; “Krebs, Antibarb. p. 889): abeo ab illis, postquam video, me sic ludificarier,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 27; id. Most. 3, 3, 22; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 28: “postquam res eorum satis prospera videbatur,” Sall. C. 6, 3; cf. id. J. 13, 5 al.: “eo postquam Caesar pervenit, obsides, arma poposcit,” Caes. B. G. 1, 27: “post quam armis disceptari coeptum est de jure publico, nihil esse actum cum dignitate,” Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3: “postquam id difficilius visum est neque facultas perficiendi dabatur, transierunt, etc.,” Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 5: “postquam divitiae honori esse coepere, et eas gloria sequebatur,” Sall. C. 12, 1; cf. id. J. 70, 5: “undecimo die postquam a te discesseram,” Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1: “quod post accidisset, quam dedissem ad te liberto litteras,” id. ib. 6, 3, 1: “quartum post annum, quam redierat,” Nep. Dion, 10, 3.—With post: “postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 15.—
II. With an accessory idea of cause, since, because, inasmuch as (rare and mostly poet.): “nunc ego illam me velim convenire, postquam inanis sum,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Most. 3, 3, 22: “postquam poëta sensit, scripturam suam Ab iniquis observari,” Ter. Ad. prol. 1 (postquam pro quoniam, Don.): “postquam suas terras sedem belli esse viderent, verterunt, etc. (= cum),” Liv. 22, 1, 1: sed periit, postquam cerdonibus esse timendus Coeperat; “hoc nocuit, etc.,” Juv. 4, 153; Tac. A. 1, 68.
