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  • 21 почему

    1. how come

    это почему же?, каким же это образом? — how come?

    2. how is it that
    3. wherefore

    отчего да почему, причины и основания — the whys and wherefores

    4. why

    почему же?, с какой стати? — why on earth?

    почему же?, отчего же?; каким образом? — why so?

    Синонимический ряд:
    поэтому (проч.) благодаря этому; вследствие этого; зачем; оттого; отчего; посему; потому; поэтому

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > почему

  • 22 quin

    quīn, conj. [abl. quī and ne].
    I.
    As an interrog. particle, why not? wherefore not? (only in exhortation or remonstrance; not in inquiring for a fact; cf.: quidni, cur non).
    1.
    Usu. with indic. pres.:

    quid stas, lapis? Quin accipis?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4:

    quin experimur,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 5 Fleck. (Umpf experiemur):

    quin continetis vocem?

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 18:

    quin potius pacem aeternam Exercemus?

    Verg. A. 4, 99:

    quin igitur ulciscimur Graeciam?

    Curt. 5, 7, 4:

    quin conscendimus equos?

    why not mount our horses? Liv. 1, 57.—
    2.
    With imper.:

    quin me aspice et contempla,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 16:

    quin uno verbo dic, quid est, quod me velis,

    just say in one word! Ter. And. 1, 1, 18:

    quin tu hoc crimen obice ubi licet agere,

    i. e. you had better, Cic. Rosc. Com. 9, 25. —
    3.
    With subj. only in orat. obliq.:

    quin illi congrederentur acie inclinandamque semel fortunae rem darent,

    Liv. 3, 61, 14; 4, 43, 11; 40, 40, 4.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    As a rel. particle, prop. quī or qui ne, and mostly where the rel. stands for a nom. masc. or for abl. of time, who... not, that not, but that, but, often = Engl. without and a participial clause.
    1.
    In gen.:

    curiosus nemo est quin sit malevolus,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 54:

    neque aequom est occultum id haberi, quin participem te,

    id. Aul. 2, 1, 13; id. Cas. 2, 8, 68:

    nulla causast quin me condones cruci,

    id. Rud. 4, 4, 26:

    ut nullo modo Introire possem, quin me viderent,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 2:

    facere non possum, quin ad te mittam,

    I cannot forbear sending to you, Cic. Att. 12, 27, 3:

    cum causae nihil esset, quin secus indicaret,

    id. Quint. 9, 32:

    nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus,

    id. Att. 11, 15, 3:

    neminem conveni, quin omnes mihi maximas gratias agant,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

    nemo est, quin ubivis quam ibi ubi est, esse malit,

    id. ib. 6, 1, 1:

    repertus est nemo quin mori diceret satius est,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 88:

    nemo, qui aliquo esset in numero, scripsit orationem quin redigeret omnis sententias, etc.,

    id. Or. 61, 208:

    nihil praetermisi, quin enucleate ad te scriberem,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

    neque ullus flare ventus poterat quin aliquā ex parte secundum cursum haberent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 47:

    nulli ex itinere excedere licebat quin ab equitatu Caesaris exciperetur,

    without being cut off, id. ib. 1, 79:

    nullum fere tempus intermiserunt, quin trans Rhenum legatos mitterent,

    without sending, id. B. G. 5, 55:

    in castello nemo fuit omnino militum quin vulneraretur,

    id. B. C. 3, 53:

    quid recusare potest, quin et socii sibi consulant,

    Liv. 32, 21: vix superat, quin triumphus decernatur, it wants little that, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 13, 5:

    paene factum est, quin castra relinquerentur,

    i.e. they were very near deserting their camp, id. ib. 17, 13, 5.— So quin (= quī non) stands for a rel. abl. of time:

    neque ullum fere tempus intercessit quin aliquem de motu Gallorum nuntium acciperet,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 53.— More rarely quin stands for quae non, quod non, etc.: nulla est civitas quin ad id tempus partem senatus Cordubam mitteret. Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

    nulla fuit Thessaliae civitas quin Caesari pareret,

    id. ib. 3, 81:

    nulla (natura), quin suam vim retineat,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 13, 32:

    horum autem nihil est quin intereat,

    id. N. D. 3, 12, 30; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: nihil est quin male narrando possit depravari, Ter. [p. 1513] Phorm. 4, 4, 16:

    nihil tam difficilest quin investigare possiet,

    id. Heant. 4, 2, 8:

    cum nemo esset, quin hoc se audisse liquido diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

    Messanam nemo venit, quin viderit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 4, §

    7: nego ullam picturam fuisse, quin inspexerit,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. Gell. 17, 13, 2 sq., and Cato ap. Gell. ib. § 3.— 2. Esp. after words expressing hesitation (usu. with neg.):

    non dubitaturum, quin cederet, Cic Mil. 23, 63: nolite dubitare, quin,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 23, 68:

    et vos non dubitatis, quin,

    id. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

    dubitatis, Quirites, quin hoc tantum boni in rem publicam conferatis?

    id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 49. —
    3.
    Much more freq. after words expressing doubt, ignorance, etc.:

    non dubitabat, quin,

    Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

    cave dubites, quin,

    id. Fam. 5, 20, 6:

    non dubitabat quin... non posset,

    id. Att. 5, 11, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    non esse dubium, quin... possent,

    no doubt that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Ter. And. 2, 3, 17:

    neque abest suspicio, quin,

    a suspicion that, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    quis ignerat, quin?

    who is ignorant that? who does not know that? Cic. Fl. 27, 64:

    dies fere nullus est, quin hic Satyrus domum meam ventitet,

    hardly a day passes that he does not come, id. Att. 1, 1, 3.—
    B.
    That not, as if not, as though not:

    non quin ipse dissentiam, sed quod,

    not but that, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 1: non quin breviter reddi responsum potuerit, Liv 2, 15. —
    C.
    For corroboration.
    1.
    But, indeed, really, verily, of a truth:

    Hercle quin tu recte dicis,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 77: credo;

    neque id injuria: quin Mihi molestum est,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 20:

    te nec hortor, nec rogo, ut domum redeas, quin hinc ipse evolare cupio,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.— Esp. in reaching a climax or adding a stronger assertion or proof: quin etiam, yea indeed, nay even:

    credibile non est, quantum scribam die: quin etiam noctibus,

    Cic. Att. 13, 26, 3; 14, 21, 3:

    quin etiam necesse crit cupere et optare, ut, etc.,

    id. Lael. 16, 59:

    quin etiam voces jactare,

    Verg. A. 2, 768: mortem non esse metuendam, quin etiam si, etc., nay, not even if, etc., Lact. 3, 27 fin.; cf.:

    quin et Atridas Priamus fefellit,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 13.—
    2.
    Rather, yea rather:

    nihil ea res animum militaris viri imminuit, quin contra plus spei naotus,

    Liv. 35, 26.—
    D.
    In corrections, nay, rather:

    non potest dici satis quantum in illo sceleris fuerit, Quin sic attendite, judices, etc.,

    Cic. Mil. 29, 78 sq. (cf. Halm ad loc., and Lorenz ad Plaut. Most. 164).

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > quin

  • 23 HVAR

    * * *
    adv.
    1) where, in or at what place (h. vartu í nótt, eða h. er þitt heimili?); h. skulu vit á leita? where shall we search?;
    2) where, to what place, whither (sé ek nú, h. sök horfir);
    3) anywhere; hér framarr en h. annars staðar, here more than anywhere else;
    4) in each place (urðu þrjú þing í hverjum fjórðungi ok skyldu þingnautar eiga hvar saksóknir saman); hér ok h., here and there, now here now there; víðast h., in most places, in most instances; h. sem, wherever (h. sem hann fór);
    5) ever so, very; h. fjarri, ever so far, very far Off (ek ligg einn í húsi ok kerling mín, en h. fjarri öðrum mönnum); víðara h., ever so much farther (um allt Hálogaland ok þó víðara h.); h. meiri, ever more, much more (ek skal þó h. meiri stund á leggja).
    * * *
    adv. interrog. and indef., [Ulf. hwar = που; A. S. hwær; Old Scot. qubar; Engl. where; Germ. wo; Dan. hvor]:
    I. interrog. where? direct and indirect; in endless instances indirect after the verbs vita, sjá, heyra spyrja…, hvar, to know, see, hear, ask…, Vsp. 5, 22, Hm. i, Ýt., Höfuðl. 3; kveða á, hvar koma skal, Grág. i. 46; hvar við skyldi auka, Ib. 5; þeir fundu hvar upp var rekin kista Kveldúlfs, Eg. 129 and prose passim.
    β. followed by a subj., hvar viti? hvar hafi? hvar muni? Lex. Poët.
    γ. with a prep.; hvar skulum vit á leita, where shall we go and seek? Nj. 3; greina hvar þetta heyrir til, whereto, Fms. ii. 260.
    2. with the notion of whither; eigi vitum ver hvar hann for, N. G. L. i. 218; hvar hann skyldi stefna, Fas. iii. 543; sé ek nú hvar sök horfir, Hrafn. 11.
    3. with particles; hvar fyrir? wherefore? why? Fms. iv. 47; þeir spyrja, hvar til þessi svör skulu koma, i. 3, passim; hvar kvómu feðr okkrir þess (staðar understood) at…, hvar nema alls hvergi, Ísl. ii. 236; hvar landa ertu þess faeddr, where in the world art thou born? Lat. ubi terrarum? Fas. ii. 534.
    II. indef. anywhere; allir hlutir verða bjartari á glerinu í sólskini en hvar annarstaðar, Hom. 128; hér eru vötn verri en hvar annarstadar, Stj. 609; hér framar enn hvar annarstaðar, Fb. i. 236.
    2. in each place; urðu þrjú þing í hverjum fjórðungi ok skyldu þingu-nautar eiga hvar ( in each) saksóknir saman, Íb. 9; Duná ( Danube) kemr í sjau stöðum mikil hvar (IB seven arms, each of which is great) saman í sjó, Rb.; turturar eru fair hvar saman, Hom. 65.
    3. hvar sem, hvar es, and in old MSS. and poems contracted hvars, wheresoever; hvar sem hann for, hvar sem þeir kvámu, Fms. i. 62, vii. 21: with a local genitive, hvar lands er kom, wherever he came, Ód. 8; hvar þess er ( wheresoever that) maðr hefir þann eið unninn, Grág. i. 56; hvar landa sem þú ert, Fs. 23; hvar þess er aðrir taka fyrst arf, 191; hvar helzt, id., Hom. 155.
    4. hér ok hvar, here and there, now here now there, Nj. 142, Fms. i. 136, vii. 294, 301, 324, viii. 61, ix. 362, Sks. 566; víða hvar, far and wide, in many places; víðast hvar, in most places, in most instances, Skald. H. 3. 42, freq. in mod. usage.
    5. ever so, very; hvar fjarri, ever so far, very far off; en þegar er Arnljótr laust við geislinum þá var hann hvarr fjarri þeim, Ó. H. 153; honum kastaði mjök upp or húsunum svá hátt at hvar fjarri kom niðr, Sturl. i. 161 C, Orkn. 114; hann laust hann svá mikit högg at hann kom hvar fjarri niðr, El. 100; hugr þinn er mér h. fjarri, Stj. 417, Hom. (St.) 43: with a compar., um allt Hálogaland ok þó víðara hvar, in all H. and ever so much farther, Fas. ii. 504; hvar meiri, evermore; ek skal þó hvar meiri stund ( with ever more zeal) á leggja hennar mál en ek ætlaða, Fms. x. 106.
    III. relat. only in later writers, Dipl. v. 3, Mar. passim; hvar til (whereunto, to which) Bjarni bauð ekki fremr en áðr, Dipl. iii. 11.
    B. In COMPDS, intens. = ever, mostly in poetry: hvar-brigðr, adj. ever shifty, fickle, Fms. x. (in a verse). hvar-dyggr, adj. ever true, faithful, Lex. Poët. hvar-gegn, adj. ‘ever-gain,’ straightforward, upright, Fms. xi. 314 (in a verse). hvar-góðr, adj. ever good, Lb. 13. hvar-grimmr, adj. savage, Lex. Poët. hvar-kunnr, adj. ‘ever-known,’ famous, Hallfred. hvar-kvæntr, part. polygamous, having ‘a wife in every port;’ a rendering of ‘gentern procacissimam,’ of the Vulgate, Deut. xxviii. 50, Stj. 345. hvar-leiðr, adj. ‘ever-loathed,’ detested, Hkv. i. hvar-lofaðr, adj. ever praised, Geisli 16. hvar-mikill, adj. ever great, Clem. 47.

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  • 24 τίη

    τίη, better [full] τί ἢ (A.D.Conj.255.8, 256.3), [dialect] Att. (?) [full] τιή (v. infr.), strengthd. form of τί;
    A why? wherefore? Il.1.365, 6.145,al., Hes.Th. 35, and [dialect] Att. Comedy: folld. by a Particle, τίη δὲ.. ; Il.6.55, 15.244, Od.16.421, al.; τίη δὴ.. ; Il.21.436; doubled, τιὴ τί δή; standing alone, why so, tell me? Ar.V. 1155, Pax 1018, Th.84. (The oxyt. τιή is called [dialect] Att. by Eust.118.36, cf. 45.4, but was unknown to A.D. and is prob. a fiction; τίη and τιὴ are dub. ll. in Ar.Ach. 826; cf.

    ἦ 1.2

    , ὁτιή.)

    Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > τίη

  • 25 cur

    cūr (old orthog. quor; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2236 P.; and in MSS. sometimes cor, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 171 sq.), adv. [contr. from quare; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2231 P. and the letter C; acc. to Voss, Etym. s. h. v.; Analog. 4, 21, and Hand, Turs. II. p. 175, from cui rei; cf.:

    quoi rei,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 33 ], = quam ob rem, for what reason, wherefore, why, to what purpose, from what motive.
    I.
    Rel.:

    duae causae sunt, cur tu frequentior in isto officio esse debeas quam nos,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2; so,

    causae, cur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 16; and:

    ea causa, cur,

    id. 2, 3, 11:

    non fuit causa, cur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. id. Clu. 61, 169; so,

    causa non esset, cur,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9:

    causa nulla est, cur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 50, 146; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

    nihil est causae, cur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 59:

    quae causa est, cur? etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quid est causae, cur, etc.,

    id. Fl. 2, 5; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

    negare et adferre rationem cur negarent,

    id. ib. 6, 8, 1:

    id satis magnum esse argumentum dixisti, cur esse deos confiteremur,

    id. N. D. 1, 23, 62;

    so after argumenta,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 10; id. Div. 1, 3, 5:

    est vero cur quis Junonem laedere nolit,

    Ov. M. 2, 518;

    and with a negative: neque est, cur, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51:

    non tamen est, cur,

    Ov. H. 10, 144.- -And in dependent questions:

    quid est, cur tu in isto loco sedeas?

    Cic. Clu. 53, 147; id. Fin. 1, 10, 34; Liv. 21, 43, 12 et saep.:

    ne cui sit vestrum mirum, cur, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 1 al.:

    miror, cur me accusas,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 1; 5, 12, 30; id. Phil. 2, 20, 49 (v. miror, admiror, etc.):

    quā in re primum illud reprehendo et accuso, cur, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 16:

    quod me saepe accusas, cur hunc meum casum tam graviter feram,

    id. Att. 3, 13, 2; 3, 12, 1; id. Sest. 37, 80; Hor. C. 1, 33, 3:

    consules invasit, cur silerent,

    Tac. A. 6, 4.—
    B.
    Pregn., = cujus causā, propter quod, on account of which, by reason of which:

    quid ergo accidit, cur consilium mutarem?

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 10:

    quid obstat, cur non verae fiant,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 76:

    fecerit aliquid Philippus, cur adversus eum... hoc decerneremus: quid Perseus meruit... cur soli omnium hostes ei simus?

    Liv. 41, 24, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    Caedicius negare, se commissurum, cur sibi... quisquam imperium finiret,

    id. 5, 46, 6; 10, 18, 14; Suet. Calig. 15; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 2:

    quid Aristides commisisset, cur tantā poenā dignus duceretur,

    Nep. Arist. 1, 3:

    multa quidem dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7.—
    II.
    Interrog.: Ag. Quor mi haec irata est? Mi. Quor haec irata est tibi? Quor ego id curem? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 143 sq.:

    quor perdis adulescentem nobis? quor amat? Quor potat?

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36 sq.; cf.:

    quid agis? quor te is perditum?

    id. And. 1, 1, 107:

    quor non introëo in nostram domum?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 253; Cic. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    quorsum tan dem, aut cur ista quaeris?

    id. Leg. 1, 1, 4: Er. Jube tibi agnum huc adferri propere pinguem. He. Quor? Er. Ut sacrufices, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 82: Me. Non possum. Ch. Quor non? Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 111:

    cur ego plebeios magistratus... video, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 34, 9; 6, 15, 12.—In the poets sometimes placed after one or more words of a clause:

    stratege noster, quor hic cessat cantharus?

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 28:

    obsequium ventris mihi perniciosius est cur?

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 104; 2, 3, 187.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Pregn.
    a.
    Implying censure, indignation, remonstrance, etc.:

    quor id aussu's facere?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 114:

    cur es ausus subigitare, etc.,

    id. Mil. 5, 9; id. Men. 3, 2, 28:

    sed quid ego? quor me excrucio? quor me macero?

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 15:

    cur imperium illi, aut cur illo modo prorogatum est,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; id. Div. 2, 30, 65:

    cur me querelis exanimas tuis?

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 1.—
    b.
    Implying grief, sorrow, and, with negatives, desire, etc.: eheu me miserum, quor non aut istaec mihi Aetas et formast, etc., Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 17:

    heu me miserum, cur senatum cogor reprehendere?

    Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14; id. Fam. 2, 7, 5; id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

    cur ego tecum non sum?

    id. ib. 16, 6, 2.—
    c.
    With potential subj., in excusing, deprecating censure, etc.:

    quor ego apud te mentiar?

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 24; id. Most. 2, 2, 24:

    cur hunc tam temere quisquam ab officio discessurum judicaret?

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40: pro urbis salute, cur non omnibus facultatibus, quas habemus, utamur, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 15; Cic. Cael. 29, 68 al.—
    2.
    Emphatic after si, cum, etc., implying a logical conclusion:

    tum id si falsum fuerat, filius quor non refellit?

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 53:

    nam, si res publica defenditur, cur ea consule isto ipso defensa non est?

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; cf.:

    fac esse distentam... cur tam multos deos nihil agere patitur?

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

    cur autem quidquam ignoraret animus hominis, si esset deus?

    id. ib. 1, 11, 28; Nep. Eum. 11, 4; Ov. F. 1, 257.—
    3.
    Strengthened by particles of inference: nam, enim, igitur, etc.: Am. Pestis te tenet. So. Nam quor istuc Dicis? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 31:

    nam cur me miseram verberas?

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 3:

    quor simulas igitur?

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 21:

    cur enim, inquies, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55; Suet. Calig. 34; id. Claud. 4; v. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 175- 183.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > cur

  • 26 quor

    cūr (old orthog. quor; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2236 P.; and in MSS. sometimes cor, v. Lachm. ad Lucr. II. p. 171 sq.), adv. [contr. from quare; cf. Vel. Long. p. 2231 P. and the letter C; acc. to Voss, Etym. s. h. v.; Analog. 4, 21, and Hand, Turs. II. p. 175, from cui rei; cf.:

    quoi rei,

    Plaut. Poen. 2, 33 ], = quam ob rem, for what reason, wherefore, why, to what purpose, from what motive.
    I.
    Rel.:

    duae causae sunt, cur tu frequentior in isto officio esse debeas quam nos,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2; so,

    causae, cur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 16; and:

    ea causa, cur,

    id. 2, 3, 11:

    non fuit causa, cur,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49; cf. id. Clu. 61, 169; so,

    causa non esset, cur,

    id. N. D. 3, 4, 9:

    causa nulla est, cur,

    id. Rosc. Am. 50, 146; id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

    nihil est causae, cur,

    Quint. 11, 3, 59:

    quae causa est, cur? etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 13, 48:

    quid est causae, cur, etc.,

    id. Fl. 2, 5; id. de Or. 3, 48, 185; id. Fam. 2, 13, 2:

    negare et adferre rationem cur negarent,

    id. ib. 6, 8, 1:

    id satis magnum esse argumentum dixisti, cur esse deos confiteremur,

    id. N. D. 1, 23, 62;

    so after argumenta,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 10; id. Div. 1, 3, 5:

    est vero cur quis Junonem laedere nolit,

    Ov. M. 2, 518;

    and with a negative: neque est, cur, etc.,

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 51:

    non tamen est, cur,

    Ov. H. 10, 144.- -And in dependent questions:

    quid est, cur tu in isto loco sedeas?

    Cic. Clu. 53, 147; id. Fin. 1, 10, 34; Liv. 21, 43, 12 et saep.:

    ne cui sit vestrum mirum, cur, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. prol. 1 al.:

    miror, cur me accusas,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 1; 5, 12, 30; id. Phil. 2, 20, 49 (v. miror, admiror, etc.):

    quā in re primum illud reprehendo et accuso, cur, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 7, § 16:

    quod me saepe accusas, cur hunc meum casum tam graviter feram,

    id. Att. 3, 13, 2; 3, 12, 1; id. Sest. 37, 80; Hor. C. 1, 33, 3:

    consules invasit, cur silerent,

    Tac. A. 6, 4.—
    B.
    Pregn., = cujus causā, propter quod, on account of which, by reason of which:

    quid ergo accidit, cur consilium mutarem?

    Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 10:

    quid obstat, cur non verae fiant,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 76:

    fecerit aliquid Philippus, cur adversus eum... hoc decerneremus: quid Perseus meruit... cur soli omnium hostes ei simus?

    Liv. 41, 24, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    Caedicius negare, se commissurum, cur sibi... quisquam imperium finiret,

    id. 5, 46, 6; 10, 18, 14; Suet. Calig. 15; Ov. Am. 1, 3, 2:

    quid Aristides commisisset, cur tantā poenā dignus duceretur,

    Nep. Arist. 1, 3:

    multa quidem dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7.—
    II.
    Interrog.: Ag. Quor mi haec irata est? Mi. Quor haec irata est tibi? Quor ego id curem? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 143 sq.:

    quor perdis adulescentem nobis? quor amat? Quor potat?

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 36 sq.; cf.:

    quid agis? quor te is perditum?

    id. And. 1, 1, 107:

    quor non introëo in nostram domum?

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 253; Cic. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    quorsum tan dem, aut cur ista quaeris?

    id. Leg. 1, 1, 4: Er. Jube tibi agnum huc adferri propere pinguem. He. Quor? Er. Ut sacrufices, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 82: Me. Non possum. Ch. Quor non? Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 111:

    cur ego plebeios magistratus... video, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 34, 9; 6, 15, 12.—In the poets sometimes placed after one or more words of a clause:

    stratege noster, quor hic cessat cantharus?

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 28:

    obsequium ventris mihi perniciosius est cur?

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 104; 2, 3, 187.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Pregn.
    a.
    Implying censure, indignation, remonstrance, etc.:

    quor id aussu's facere?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 114:

    cur es ausus subigitare, etc.,

    id. Mil. 5, 9; id. Men. 3, 2, 28:

    sed quid ego? quor me excrucio? quor me macero?

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 15:

    cur imperium illi, aut cur illo modo prorogatum est,

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; id. Div. 2, 30, 65:

    cur me querelis exanimas tuis?

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 1.—
    b.
    Implying grief, sorrow, and, with negatives, desire, etc.: eheu me miserum, quor non aut istaec mihi Aetas et formast, etc., Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 17:

    heu me miserum, cur senatum cogor reprehendere?

    Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14; id. Fam. 2, 7, 5; id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

    cur ego tecum non sum?

    id. ib. 16, 6, 2.—
    c.
    With potential subj., in excusing, deprecating censure, etc.:

    quor ego apud te mentiar?

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 24; id. Most. 2, 2, 24:

    cur hunc tam temere quisquam ab officio discessurum judicaret?

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40: pro urbis salute, cur non omnibus facultatibus, quas habemus, utamur, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 15; Cic. Cael. 29, 68 al.—
    2.
    Emphatic after si, cum, etc., implying a logical conclusion:

    tum id si falsum fuerat, filius quor non refellit?

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 53:

    nam, si res publica defenditur, cur ea consule isto ipso defensa non est?

    Cic. Att. 7, 3, 4; cf.:

    fac esse distentam... cur tam multos deos nihil agere patitur?

    id. N. D. 3, 39, 93:

    cur autem quidquam ignoraret animus hominis, si esset deus?

    id. ib. 1, 11, 28; Nep. Eum. 11, 4; Ov. F. 1, 257.—
    3.
    Strengthened by particles of inference: nam, enim, igitur, etc.: Am. Pestis te tenet. So. Nam quor istuc Dicis? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 31:

    nam cur me miseram verberas?

    id. Aul. 1, 1, 3:

    quor simulas igitur?

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 21:

    cur enim, inquies, etc.,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55; Suet. Calig. 34; id. Claud. 4; v. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 175- 183.

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  • 27 מה

    מָה, מַה(b. h.) 1) something; anything. Num. R. s. 14; Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3, v. בְּלִימָה. 2) what? which? Ḥull.89a (play on הא̇מ̇נ̇ם א̇ל̇ם̇, Ps. 58:2) מה א̇ומ̇נ̇תו … כא̇ל̇ם̇ which is the best policy for man in this world? Let him act as if he were mute (keep silence). B. Mets.63a, a. e. מה לו הן מה לי דמיהן what are they to me and what their equivalent, i. e. what difference does it make whether the purchased objects or their equivalent be delivered?; Y.Yoma V, 43a bot. מה ביניהן ומה בין דמיהן. B. Bath.32b; 31a מה (לי) לו לשקר what motive could he have to tell a lie? Ib., a. e. מה לי לשקר במקום עדיםוכ׳ we do not apply the principle that we believe a defendant because he has no motive to lie, where witnesses are on hand; a. v. fr.מה … אף what …?, even so, i. e. as … so. Gitt.23b מה אתם … אףוכ׳ as you (Num. 18:28) refers to Israelites, so must your delegate be an Israelite. Sabb.133b מה הוא … אףוכ׳ as He is gracious and merciful, so be thou ; a. fr.מה … לא כל שכן, v. כָּל.מה … אינו דין, v. דִּין II.מה ל־ … שכן … תאמר what has this to do with …? In this case …, whereas, i. e. it is different with … because Kidd.4b מה ליבמה שכן … תאמרוכ׳ the case of a Ybamah is different, because she can neither be acquired by means of a document, whereas this (an ordinary woman) ; a. fr.מָה נַפְשְׁךָ (in Babli mostly: מִמָּה נפשך; abbr. ממ״נ) whatever be thy opinion (from whatever opinion thou start), i. e. whichever side you take, at all events. Y.Ber.I, 2b מ׳ נ׳ אםוכ׳ at all events (he has offended); if it was day-time when the first stars (on Friday evening) were visible, it was day-time when the first stars (on Sabbath evening) were visible ; Sabb.35b חייכ חטאתממ״נ must bring a sinoffering at all events (whether you consider twilight a part of the day or a part of the night). Ib. 34a (in Chald. diet.) מה נפשך איוכ׳ whichever side you take, if twilight is day Erub.10a גדולה … למה ליממ״נ איוכ׳ what reason was there for saying ‘large …? In either case (it is incorrect), if it be to permit the use of the larger court Ḥull.29a ממ״נ אי מחצהוכ׳ in either case (the slaughtering is ritually correct); if you adopt the opinion that an exact half is to be considered as if it were the larger portion ; a. v. fr.Ib. 78b מה אם נפשך, v. נֶפֶש.בַּמֶּה a) wherewith? B. Bath.10b במה תרוםוכ׳ whereby can the horn of Israel be lifted up? Sabb.II, 1; a. fr.b) in what case? במה דברים אמורים (abbr. בד״א), v. אָמַר I.לָמָּה wherefore? Ber.3a תחלת … סימנא למה לי what need is there for a sign for the beginning of the first watch? M. Kat. 28a ל׳ נסמכהוכ׳ why is the account of the death of Miriam attached to ?; a. fr.לַמֶּה to what?, whereto? Kidd.40b ל׳ צדיקים נמשלים what are the righteous to be compared to?ל׳ הדבר דומה, v. דָּמָה; a. fr.V. לָמָה. 3) (relat) which, what. Pes.88b מה שקנה עבדוכ׳ whatever the slave acquires belongs to the master. Ber.I, 1 כל מה שאמרווכ׳ for whatever act the scholars designated the time ‘up to midnight ; a. v. fr.

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  • 28 מָה

    מָה, מַה(b. h.) 1) something; anything. Num. R. s. 14; Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3, v. בְּלִימָה. 2) what? which? Ḥull.89a (play on הא̇מ̇נ̇ם א̇ל̇ם̇, Ps. 58:2) מה א̇ומ̇נ̇תו … כא̇ל̇ם̇ which is the best policy for man in this world? Let him act as if he were mute (keep silence). B. Mets.63a, a. e. מה לו הן מה לי דמיהן what are they to me and what their equivalent, i. e. what difference does it make whether the purchased objects or their equivalent be delivered?; Y.Yoma V, 43a bot. מה ביניהן ומה בין דמיהן. B. Bath.32b; 31a מה (לי) לו לשקר what motive could he have to tell a lie? Ib., a. e. מה לי לשקר במקום עדיםוכ׳ we do not apply the principle that we believe a defendant because he has no motive to lie, where witnesses are on hand; a. v. fr.מה … אף what …?, even so, i. e. as … so. Gitt.23b מה אתם … אףוכ׳ as you (Num. 18:28) refers to Israelites, so must your delegate be an Israelite. Sabb.133b מה הוא … אףוכ׳ as He is gracious and merciful, so be thou ; a. fr.מה … לא כל שכן, v. כָּל.מה … אינו דין, v. דִּין II.מה ל־ … שכן … תאמר what has this to do with …? In this case …, whereas, i. e. it is different with … because Kidd.4b מה ליבמה שכן … תאמרוכ׳ the case of a Ybamah is different, because she can neither be acquired by means of a document, whereas this (an ordinary woman) ; a. fr.מָה נַפְשְׁךָ (in Babli mostly: מִמָּה נפשך; abbr. ממ״נ) whatever be thy opinion (from whatever opinion thou start), i. e. whichever side you take, at all events. Y.Ber.I, 2b מ׳ נ׳ אםוכ׳ at all events (he has offended); if it was day-time when the first stars (on Friday evening) were visible, it was day-time when the first stars (on Sabbath evening) were visible ; Sabb.35b חייכ חטאתממ״נ must bring a sinoffering at all events (whether you consider twilight a part of the day or a part of the night). Ib. 34a (in Chald. diet.) מה נפשך איוכ׳ whichever side you take, if twilight is day Erub.10a גדולה … למה ליממ״נ איוכ׳ what reason was there for saying ‘large …? In either case (it is incorrect), if it be to permit the use of the larger court Ḥull.29a ממ״נ אי מחצהוכ׳ in either case (the slaughtering is ritually correct); if you adopt the opinion that an exact half is to be considered as if it were the larger portion ; a. v. fr.Ib. 78b מה אם נפשך, v. נֶפֶש.בַּמֶּה a) wherewith? B. Bath.10b במה תרוםוכ׳ whereby can the horn of Israel be lifted up? Sabb.II, 1; a. fr.b) in what case? במה דברים אמורים (abbr. בד״א), v. אָמַר I.לָמָּה wherefore? Ber.3a תחלת … סימנא למה לי what need is there for a sign for the beginning of the first watch? M. Kat. 28a ל׳ נסמכהוכ׳ why is the account of the death of Miriam attached to ?; a. fr.לַמֶּה to what?, whereto? Kidd.40b ל׳ צדיקים נמשלים what are the righteous to be compared to?ל׳ הדבר דומה, v. דָּמָה; a. fr.V. לָמָה. 3) (relat) which, what. Pes.88b מה שקנה עבדוכ׳ whatever the slave acquires belongs to the master. Ber.I, 1 כל מה שאמרווכ׳ for whatever act the scholars designated the time ‘up to midnight ; a. v. fr.

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  • 29 מַה

    מָה, מַה(b. h.) 1) something; anything. Num. R. s. 14; Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3, v. בְּלִימָה. 2) what? which? Ḥull.89a (play on הא̇מ̇נ̇ם א̇ל̇ם̇, Ps. 58:2) מה א̇ומ̇נ̇תו … כא̇ל̇ם̇ which is the best policy for man in this world? Let him act as if he were mute (keep silence). B. Mets.63a, a. e. מה לו הן מה לי דמיהן what are they to me and what their equivalent, i. e. what difference does it make whether the purchased objects or their equivalent be delivered?; Y.Yoma V, 43a bot. מה ביניהן ומה בין דמיהן. B. Bath.32b; 31a מה (לי) לו לשקר what motive could he have to tell a lie? Ib., a. e. מה לי לשקר במקום עדיםוכ׳ we do not apply the principle that we believe a defendant because he has no motive to lie, where witnesses are on hand; a. v. fr.מה … אף what …?, even so, i. e. as … so. Gitt.23b מה אתם … אףוכ׳ as you (Num. 18:28) refers to Israelites, so must your delegate be an Israelite. Sabb.133b מה הוא … אףוכ׳ as He is gracious and merciful, so be thou ; a. fr.מה … לא כל שכן, v. כָּל.מה … אינו דין, v. דִּין II.מה ל־ … שכן … תאמר what has this to do with …? In this case …, whereas, i. e. it is different with … because Kidd.4b מה ליבמה שכן … תאמרוכ׳ the case of a Ybamah is different, because she can neither be acquired by means of a document, whereas this (an ordinary woman) ; a. fr.מָה נַפְשְׁךָ (in Babli mostly: מִמָּה נפשך; abbr. ממ״נ) whatever be thy opinion (from whatever opinion thou start), i. e. whichever side you take, at all events. Y.Ber.I, 2b מ׳ נ׳ אםוכ׳ at all events (he has offended); if it was day-time when the first stars (on Friday evening) were visible, it was day-time when the first stars (on Sabbath evening) were visible ; Sabb.35b חייכ חטאתממ״נ must bring a sinoffering at all events (whether you consider twilight a part of the day or a part of the night). Ib. 34a (in Chald. diet.) מה נפשך איוכ׳ whichever side you take, if twilight is day Erub.10a גדולה … למה ליממ״נ איוכ׳ what reason was there for saying ‘large …? In either case (it is incorrect), if it be to permit the use of the larger court Ḥull.29a ממ״נ אי מחצהוכ׳ in either case (the slaughtering is ritually correct); if you adopt the opinion that an exact half is to be considered as if it were the larger portion ; a. v. fr.Ib. 78b מה אם נפשך, v. נֶפֶש.בַּמֶּה a) wherewith? B. Bath.10b במה תרוםוכ׳ whereby can the horn of Israel be lifted up? Sabb.II, 1; a. fr.b) in what case? במה דברים אמורים (abbr. בד״א), v. אָמַר I.לָמָּה wherefore? Ber.3a תחלת … סימנא למה לי what need is there for a sign for the beginning of the first watch? M. Kat. 28a ל׳ נסמכהוכ׳ why is the account of the death of Miriam attached to ?; a. fr.לַמֶּה to what?, whereto? Kidd.40b ל׳ צדיקים נמשלים what are the righteous to be compared to?ל׳ הדבר דומה, v. דָּמָה; a. fr.V. לָמָה. 3) (relat) which, what. Pes.88b מה שקנה עבדוכ׳ whatever the slave acquires belongs to the master. Ber.I, 1 כל מה שאמרווכ׳ for whatever act the scholars designated the time ‘up to midnight ; a. v. fr.

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  • 30 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:

    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.—
    II.
    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:

    quiane auxilio juvat ante levatos?

    Verg. A. 4, 538. —
    B.
    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.):

    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.—
    III.
    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.

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  • 31 arren

    I.
    iz.
    a. request; bere aitaren \arrenez at the request of his father | at his father' s request
    b. insistence; \arren {bai || eta} \arren eskatu to beg and beg
    2.
    a. imprecation, cursing
    b. [ izenen aurrean ] \arren hitzak curse words
    3. (B) ( erromeskeria) penury, impoverishment, beggardom, poverty; \arrenean bizi izan to live in poverty interj.
    1. formala. please, I pray formala. ; entzun, \arren, nire hitzak please listen to what I' m saying; entzun, \arren, nire eskaria please hear my plea ; zergatik, \arren, ez duzue hori egiten why, I pray, do you do that? ; ez \arren! please do not!
    2. ( beraz) thus, hence, accordingly, wherefore formala. Zah. ; hemen dago, \arren, bestea accordingly, here is the other one
    3. (B) ( baieztapena indartzeko) egingo dut \arren I will do it
    II.
    junt.
    a. although, though, even though; nik esan (dudan) \arren although I have said it; gaztea izan \arren though young; azkar ibili (zen) \arren, beranduegi etorri zen even though he went fast, he was still late
    b. ( aditza kenduta) asto (izan) \arren, egingo luke as dumb as he might be, he' d do it; etxean ez \arren arren although not at home
    c. nik erein \arren artoa soroan however much corn I might grow in the field
    2. formala. \arren eta so that; mezua bidali zion \arren eta etor zedin she sent him the message so that he might come formala. | she sent him the message so he' d come

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