conj,
because
: urbs, quae quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis
nominatur: turpis est (pax), quia periculosa: non quia plus animi victis
est, sed, etc., L.—Poet., after its verb: Urgentur . . . carent quia vate,
H.—With subj. (giving a reason as existing in another mind):
reprehendis me, quia defendam: Nil satis est, inquit, quia tantum, quantum habeas, sis,
H.—With -ne, interrog., because? (old and poet.): quiane auxilio iuvat ante
levatos? V.—With enim, because forsooth (old), T.—With nam (usu.
written quianam), wherefore? (poet.): quianam sententia vobis Versa retro? V.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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