quare
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quare (comparative quarer, superlative quarest)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
quā (“by what”) + rē (“thing”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
quārē (not comparable)
- (interrogative) by what means, how
- (relative) by which means, whereby
- (interrogative) from what cause, on what account, why, wherefore
- Odi et amo, quare id faciam, fortasse requiris; nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.[1]
- I hate and I love. Why I do this perhaps you ask. I do not know, but I sense that it happens and I am tormented.
- (relative) therefore, and so, hence, for this reason
- Inveniuntur enim praeter amnem mirae villae et horti, qui a regibus Franciae in XVI° saeculo structi sunt: quare Liger hodie saepe regale flumen vocatur.[2]
- However, besides rivers/streams are found marvelous estates and gardens, which were constructed by kings of France during the 16th century: which is why the Loire today is often called a royal river.
- Quare quassato corpore neque frigora neque aestus facile tolerabat.[3]
- Hence, because of his delicate health, he could easily tolerate neither cold nor hot conditions.
- Inveniuntur enim praeter amnem mirae villae et horti, qui a regibus Franciae in XVI° saeculo structi sunt: quare Liger hodie saepe regale flumen vocatur.[2]
- Odi et amo, quare id faciam, fortasse requiris; nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.[1]
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References[edit]
- quare in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quare in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ^ Catullus 85
- ^ Liger
- ^ Suetonius, De vita Caesarum divi Augusti.81
