- quia
- quĭă, conj. [for quiam, from abl. quī and jam, whereby now; hence], because (usually, like quod, of the determining reason; while quonĭam introduces any casual circumstance).I.In gen., constr. with indic. in asserting a fact; with subj. in stating an assumed reason, or one entertained by another mind:II.
quia fores nostras ausa es accedere, quiaque istas buccas,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 34:urbs, quae quia postrema aedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:non quia multis debeo,
id. Planc. 32, 78:non quia plus animi victis est, sed, etc.,
Liv. 10, 41, 12:non tam quia pacem volebant Samnites, quam quia nondum parati erant ad bellum,
id. 8, 19, 3; 7, 30, 13; 33, 27, 6; 39, 41, 2. — With subj.:nil satis est, inquit, quia tantum, quantum habeas, sis,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. Ep. 1, 1, 30; Just. 17, 3, 10:mater irata est, quia non redierim,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 103; Hor. S. 2, 3, 101; 2, 2, 25; Just. 24, 3, 3:carent quia,
Hor. C. 4, 9, 28.—Esp., with other particles.A.Quiane, in a question, because? (ante-class. and poet. ): Do. Tu nunc me irrides? Le. Quiane te voco, bene ut tibi sit? Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 69:B.quiane auxilio juvat ante levatos?
Verg. A. 4, 538. —Quia enim, because forsooth ( poet. ): quī tibi nunc istuc in mentem venit? So. Quia enim sero advenimus, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 34; Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 14.—C.Quia nam, and quianam, like the Gr. ti gar, why? wherefore? ( poet. ):III.quianam pro quare et cur positum apud antiquos,
Fest. p. 257 Müll.;Naev. and Enn. ap. Fest. l. l.: quianam arbitrare?
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 34: quianam legiones caedimu' ferro? Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A 10, 6:quianam sententia vobis Versa retro?
Verg. A. 10, 6; 5, 13 al.—Introducing an object-clause, = quod, that (postclass.):nescitis quia iniqui non possidebunt?
Vulg. 1 Cor. 6, 9; id. 4 Reg. 2, 3:credo, quia mendacio possunt (animas movere),
Tert. Anim. 5; id. Idol. 20:ignoras, quia, etc.,
Aug. Serm. 9, 3; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 62:non advertentes, quia, etc.,
Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, 71.—Quia very rarely follows the verb, Hor. S. 1, 9, 51.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.