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quianormalized · quia1 analysis · 1 lemma
Lemma 1quia
conjunction
because
Morphology1 analysis
inv.quia · regular
Lewis & Short
quĭă,
[for quiam, from quī and jam, whereby now; hence], because (usually, like quod, of the determining reason; while quonĭam introduces any casual circumstance).
, constr. with in asserting a fact; with in stating an assumed reason, or one entertained by another mind — With
, with other particles.
Quiane, in a question, because? ( and ): Do. Tu nunc me irrides? Le. Quiane te voco, bene ut tibi sit?.
Quia enim, because forsooth (): quī tibi nunc istuc in mentem venit? So. Quia enim sero advenimus.
Quia nam, and quianam, like the why? wherefore? (): Müll.: quianam legiones caedimu' ferro? Enn.
Introducing an object-clause, = quod, that (postclass.). — Quia very rarely follows the verb.
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