quamobrem

See also: quam ob rem

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷãː ˈɔb.rẽː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷaː.mobˈrem]
  • Note: despite often being written as a single word, the graphic m does not represent a bilabial nasal /m/, but a placeless one, as always in word-final position. The word is always scanned as two longs, with (probably only partial) elision of the first vowel. Contrast with tamen, with /m/.

Adverb

quamobrem (not comparable)

  1. (interrogative) why?, for what reason?, on what account?
  2. (as the first word in a sentence, declarative) for this reason; therefore

References

  • “quamobrem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quamobrem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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