(less correctly quamobrem).—
Interrog, for what reason? on what account? wherefore? why?: sors ducitur, quam ob rem?: quaesivit, quam ob rem venissent: cum
quaereret quam ob rem Ariovistus non decertaret, Cs.— Relat., on
account of which, wherefore, why: Multae sunt causae, quam ob rem
cupio abducere, T.: verum illud est, quam ob rem haec
commemorem. —Colloq., of a person: is, quam ob rem huc veneram,
Rus abiit, for whose sake, T.—In transition, and for this reason, and
therefore: quam ob rem quaeso a vobis, etc.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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