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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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? id. 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

quārē,⁷ adv. (qua, re),
1 interr. : a) par quoi ? par quel moyen ? Ter. Eun. 369 ; b) pourquoi ? pour quelle raison ? Pl. Mil. 1405 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44 ; 3, 71 ; Att. 11, 15, 4, etc.