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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1567.quoniam on page 1567
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quoniam since
quoniam is a Latin Conjunction that primarily means since.
Definitions for quoniam
Wheelock's Latin
Conjunction
- 1
since, inasmuch as
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Conjunction
- 1
As soon as, after.
- 2
(combining temporal and causal notions, esp. in transitions) Seeing that..now, now that.
- 3
(as pure causal conj.) In view of the fact that, since, seeing that, inasmuch as.
Sentences with quoniam
Latin to English
Quoniam aliōs adiūvimus, etiam nōs ipsī frūctum magnum habēmus.Compare Since we have helped others, even we ourselves have great enjoyment.
Si sine uxore pati possemus, Quirites, omnes ea molestia careremus; sed quoniam ita natura tradidit, ut nec cum illis satis commode, nec sine illis ullo modo vivi possit, saluti perpetuae potius quam brevi voluptati consulendum.Compare Could we dispense with wives, Romans, we would have one nuisance less. However, since nature has decreed that we cannot live comfortably with them and without them not at all, we should look rather to our long-term welfare than to our short-term pleasure. [Quotation from a speech by Quintus Metellus Numidicus, consul 109 B.C.]
Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas, alma Venus, caeli subter labentia signa quae mare navigerum, quae terras frugiferentis concelebras, per te quoniam genus omne animantum concipitur visitque exortum lumina solis. [De Rerum Natura,I,1]Compare Mother of Aeneas and his race, darling of men and gods, nurturing Venus, who beneath the smooth-moving heavenly signs fillest with thyself the ship-bearing sea and the fertile earth, since through thee every generation of living things is conceived and rising up looks on the light of the sun. [Tr. W. H. D. Rouse]
Nequiquam, quoniam medio de fonte leporum surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat.Compare All is vanity, since from the very fountain of enchantment rises a drop of bitterness to torment amongst all the flowers.
Quoniam rectus consilium haud bene evenio, pravus utor coepi.Compare Since just plans had not turned out well, he began to use base ones.
Ego, quoniam superus mare obsideo, inferus navigo.Compare Since the upper sea is shut up, we will sail by the lower.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 64.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1567.
- 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): 122.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "quoniam (conj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/quoniam.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 64.quoniam on page 64
