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quā-rē (or separately, quā rē ), adv. quae-res.
I. Interrog., by what means? how? Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 78.—
B. Rel., by which means, whereby (rare but class.): “multas res novas in edictum addidit, quare luxuria reprimeretur,” Nep. Cat. 2, 3: “permulta sunt, quae dici possunt, quare intellegatur, etc.,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94.—
II. From what cause, on what account, wherefore, why.
A. Interrog.: “quare ausus?” Plaut. Mil. 5, 12: “quare negasti illud te fuisse laturum?” Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 71: “quā re enim primum ille adesse noluit?” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; 2, 3, 30, § 71; id. Att. 11, 15, 4; id. de Or. 1, 16, 71; Hor. S. 2, 2, 103; Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 7, 1, 36; Suet. Claud. 16; Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 10; id. Ben. 3, 19, 1 et saep.—
2. Indirect: “quaeramus, quae tanta vitia fuerint in unico filio, quare is patri displiceret,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41.—
B. Transf., for joining on a consecutive clause, for which reason, wherefore, therefore: “quare sic tibi eum commendo, ut, etc.,” Cic. Fam. 13, 71: “quare pro certo habetote,” Sall. C. 52, 17.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.71
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 11.15.4
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 14.41
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 33.94
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.44
    • Horace, Satires, 2.2.103
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.16
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 16
    • Cornelius Nepos, Cato, 2.3
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 3.19.1
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 52
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 7.1.36
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