quia conj, because: urbs, quae quia postrema coaedificata est, Neapolis nominatur: turpis est (pax), quia periculosa: non quia plus animi victis est, sed, etc., L.

—Poet., after its verb: Urgentur . . . carent quia vate, H.

—With subj. (giving a reason as existing in another mind): reprehendis me, quia defendam: Nil satis est, inquit, quia tantum, quantum habeas, sis, H.

—With -ne, interrog., because? (old and poet.): quiane auxilio iuvat ante levatos? V.

—With enim, because forsooth (old), T.

—With nam (usu. written quianam), wherefore? (poet.): quianam sententia vobis Versa retro? V.