quia: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>quĭă</b>:<br /><b>I</b> conj. [for quiam, from abl. quī and jam, whereby [[now]]; [[hence]], [[because]] ([[usually]], [[like]] [[quod]], of the determining [[reason]]; [[while]] quonĭam introduces [[any]] [[casual]] [[circumstance]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., constr. [[with]] indic. in asserting a [[fact]]; [[with]] subj. in stating an [[assumed]] [[reason]], or one entertained by [[another]] [[mind]]: [[quia]] fores [[nostras]] ausa es accedere, quiaque istas buccas, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 34: [[urbs]], quae [[quia]] postrema aedificata est, [[Neapolis]] nominatur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119: non [[quia]] multis [[debeo]], id. Planc. 32, 78: non [[quia]] [[plus]] animi victis est, sed, etc., Liv. 10, 41, 12: non tam [[quia]] pacem volebant [[Samnites]], [[quam]] [[quia]] [[nondum]] parati erant ad [[bellum]], id. 8, 19, 3; 7, 30, 13; 33, 27, 6; 39, 41, 2. — With subj.: nil [[satis]] est, inquit, [[quia]] [[tantum]], [[quantum]] habeas, sis, Hor. S. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 30; Just. 17, 3, 10: [[mater]] irata est, [[quia]] non redierim, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 103; Hor. S. 2, 3, 101; 2, 2, 25; Just. 24, 3, 3: carent [[quia]], Hor. C. 4, 9, 28.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp., [[with]] [[other]] particles.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Quiane, in a [[question]], [[because]]? ([[ante]]-[[class]]. and [[poet]].): Do. Tu [[nunc]] me irrides? Le. Quiane te [[voco]], [[bene]] ut [[tibi]] [[sit]]? Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 69: quiane [[auxilio]] juvat [[ante]] levatos? Verg. A. 4, 538. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Quia [[enim]], [[because]] [[forsooth]] ([[poet]].): quī [[tibi]] [[nunc]] [[istuc]] in mentem venit? So. Quia [[enim]] [[sero]] advenimus, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34; Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Quia nam, and [[quianam]], [[like]] the Gr. τί γάρ,> [[why]]? [[wherefore]]? ([[poet]].): [[quianam]] pro [[quare]] et [[cur]] positum [[apud]] antiquos, Fest. p. 257 Müll.; Naev. and Enn. ap. Fest. l. l.: [[quianam]] arbitrare? Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 34: [[quianam]] legiones caedimu' ferro? Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A 10, 6: [[quianam]] [[sententia]] [[vobis]] Versa [[retro]]? Verg. A. 10, 6; 5, 13 al.—<br /><b>III</b> Introducing an [[object]]-[[clause]], = [[quod]], [[that]] (postclass.): nescitis [[quia]] iniqui non possidebunt? Vulg. 1 Cor. 6, 9; id. 4 Reg. 2, 3: [[credo]], [[quia]] mendacio possunt (animas movere), Tert. Anim. 5; id. Idol. 20: ignoras, [[quia]], etc., Aug. Serm. 9, 3; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 62: non advertentes, [[quia]], etc., Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 71.—Quia [[very]] [[rarely]] follows the [[verb]], Hor. S. 1, 9, 51.