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quia because
quia is a Latin Conjunction that primarily means because.
Definitions for quia
Wheelock's Latin
Conjunction
- 1
since, because
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Conjunction
- 1
(introducing an answer to a question) The reason or explanation is that, it is because.
- 2
(introducing a sub. cl., sts. w. correl. propterea, ideo, or sim.) In consequence of the fact that, because: (a) (w. ind., giving a factual reason). (b) (w. subj., giving the supposed or suggested reason). (c) (after vbs. of praising, blaming, grieving, etc.) on the grounds that, etc. (cf. sense 5b). (d) (ellipt.) ~ne..? an ~,,? (in answer to an unexpressed question) do I say, do, etc., this because..? (in quots., iron.).
- 3
non (nec, etc.) ~..sed ~ or sed, (in rejecting a suggested reason, expr. either in subj. or ind., and substituting the true reason, usu. expr. in ind.) Not because.. but rather because; (actual reason sts. in form of a final cl.). (b) (ellipt.) non (etc.) ~ (+subj., w. or without correction in ind.), I do not say this because, not that.
Sentences with quia
Latin to English
Lais anus Veneri speculum dedico; dignum habeat se aeterna aeternum forma ministerium. at mihi nullus in hoc usus, quia cernere talem, qualis sum, nolo, qualis eram, nequeo. (De Laide dicante Veneri speculum suum. Epigrammata, LXV)Compare I, the aged Lais, dedicate my mirror to Venus; let eternal beauty receive the eternal tribute it deserves. The mirror is no longer of any use to me, for I do not want to see myself as I am, and I cannot see myself as I was.
Insanam autem esse aiunt quia atrox incerta instabilisque sit; caecam ob eam rem esse iterant quia nil cernat quo sese adplicet; brutam quia dignum atque indignum nequeat internoscere.Compare Foolish, they say because she is cruel, uncertain, fickle; blind, because she does not see whither she goes; stupid because she cannot distinguish between the deserving and the undeserving.
Suave, mari magno turbantus aequora ventis, e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem; non quia vexari quemquamst iucunda voluptas, sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.Compare Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free from them yourself is pleasant.
Aiunt fertiles in Oceano iacere terras ultraque Oceanum rursus alia litora, alium nasci orbem... Facile ista finguntur, quia Oceanus navigari non potest. [Suasoriae,I.1.1]Compare They say that there are fertile lands somewhere in the Ocean, and that beyond the Ocean lie other shores, another world begins.... It is easy to imagine such things, for the Ocean is not navigable.
Laudare te vult homo, aliqua portio creaturae tuae. tu excitas, ut laudare te delectet, quia fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in te. [Confessiones, I,1]Compare Man, this part of your creation, wishes to praise you. You arouse him to take joy in praising you, for you to have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. [Tr. John K. Ryan]
Aspero enim et abscisso castigationis genere militaris disciplina indiget, quia vires armis constant; quae, ubi a recto tenore desciverunt oppressura sunt, nisi opprimantur.Compare Military discipline requires that punishment be harsh and speedy. For the strength of the state depends on the army; once the latter leaves the path of duty, it is bound to become oppressive unless checked in time.
Inexcusabilis est omnis peccator vel reatu originis vel additamento etiam propriae voluntatis, sive qui novit sive qui ignorat, sive qui iudicat sive qui non iudicat; quia et ipsa ignorantia in iis, qui intelligere noluerunt, sine dubitatione peccatum est, in iis autem qui non potuerunt, poena peccati.Compare Every sinner is inexcusable, whether because of the original sin or because of an additional offense due to his own will, whether he knows or does not know it, whether he condemns or does not condemn it; because in those unwilling to understand ignorance itself is beyond doubt a sin, and in those unable to understand, this inability is the penalty of sin.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 485.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1550.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "quia (conj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/quia.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 485.on page 485
