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quod.

what for, why, wherefore, that:

4 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adv[ˈkʷɔd]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷɔd]
  1. what for, why, wherefore, that: with est and a previous referent (nihil, hoc, etc.): because of which, for which

  2. what for, why, wherefore, that: with habeō

  3. what for, why, wherefore, that: without the referent

  4. what for, why, wherefore, that: alone

  5. introducing a sentence: to this purpose, regarding this; that is why

  6. introducing a sentence: with sī (and/but if), nisī (and/but though), utinam ((and/but) if ever), ubī, quia, quoniam, etc.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷod, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, whence also Old English hwæt (English what). The pronoun came to be used as an adverb through the accusative of respect: "(this is) according to what", "(that is) in respect of which" → "why". Compare quia.

conj[ˈkʷɔd]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷɔd]
  1. often used with adverbs or adverbial locatives: because, in that, as

    ideo/idcirco quod
  2. introducing a clause: since, because subject or attribute of a main verb

    attributive · form-of · subjective
  3. introducing a clause: since, because subordinate to an adverbial demonstrative or diacritical adverb

  4. introducing a clause: since, because in apposition, explaining a noun: that is

  5. with the subjunctive: as to the fact, when, whereas, in case that, if it be so that, suppose that

  6. regarding, concerning the fact, that, as to the fact, whereas introducing a sentence

  7. regarding, concerning the fact, that, as to the fact, whereas repeated

  8. regarding, concerning the fact, that, as to the fact, whereas inside a sentence

  9. with restrictive adverbs

    nisi/tantum quod
    modō quod
  10. used instead of an infinitive clause: that after verbs of feeling or declaring

  11. used instead of an infinitive clause: that after faciō or facile est, in (+ gerund)

    bene fecisti, quod ad me venisti
  12. used instead of an infinitive clause: that also used freely

  13. since (temporal)

    post-Augustan
  14. that (in indirect speech)

    Late-Latin · Medieval-Latin
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷod, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, whence also Old English hwæt (English what). The pronoun came to be used as an adverb through the accusative of respect: "(this is) according to what", "(that is) in respect of which" → "why". Compare quia.

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