Definition of quamobrem, quam ob rem
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quamobrem
(quam ob rem)
quamobrem
adverb
  1. Interrog
  2. for what reason? on what account? wherefore? why? Am
  3. Am
  4. from which cause or reason, wherefore, why
  5. on which account, for which cause, wherefore
Abbreviations
quamobrem (or quam ob rem), adv. quam-ob-rem (class.). Interrog., for what reason? on what account? wherefore? why? Am. Scelestissumum te arbitror. So. Nam quamobrem? Am. Quia, etc., Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 2: quem ad finem? ... quamobrem? quam ob causam? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 75; id. Fin. 1, 5, 15.

— In indirect questions: cum quaereret quam ob rem Ariovistus non decertaret. Caes. B. G. 1, 50.

— Rel., from which cause or reason, wherefore, why: hoc est homini, quamobrem vitam amet, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 11; id. Most. 2, 1, 66; id. Aul. 4, 10, 6: multae sunt causae, quamobrem cupio abducere, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 65; Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 1: verum illud est, quamobrem haec commemorarim, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135: si res reperietur, quam obrem videantur, id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8; id. Caecin. 33, 96.

— At the beginning of a sentence, as a particle of transition, on which account, for which cause, wherefore: quamobrem quaeso a vobis, Asiatici testes, Cic. Fl. 27, 65: quamobrem quoniam, etc. ... utar eā clausulā, etc., id. Fam. 2, 4, 2; 10, 10, 1.
 
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