quamobrem

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See also: quam ob rem

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷam ˈob.rem/, [kʷä̃ˑ ˈɔbrɛ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.mobˈrem/, [ˈkwäːmobˈrem]
  • Note: despite often being written as a single word, the graphic m does not represent a bilabial nasal /m/, but a placeless one, as always in word-final position. The word is always scanned as two longs, with (probably only partial) elision of the first vowel. Contrast with tamen, with /m/.

Adverb[edit]

quamobrem (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) why?, "For what reason?", "On what account?"
  2. (first word in sentence) for this reason; therefore

References[edit]

  • “quamobrem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quamobrem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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