for (conj.) Copy link Outline 1. nam (introducing a direct reason; and standing regularly first in its clause)2. namque (strengthened form of nam)3. ĕnim (less emphatic than nam from which it is derived, and never first in a sentence4. ĕtĕnim (καὶ γὰρ, and in fact; copulative as well as illative5. quippĕ (at the beginning of a sentence • for (conj.): 1. nam (introducing a direct reason; and standing regularly first in its clause): avoid a questioner: f. the same is a gossip, percontatorem fugito; nam garrulus idem est, Hor.: Caes.: Cic. It is often used elliptically: what kind of insanity do you think I have? f. to myself I seem in my senses, quam me stultitiam insanire putas? ego nam videor sanus esse, Hor. S. 2, 3, 302 (the position of nam is poet.): v. L. G. § 581, Obs. 2. namque (strengthened form of nam): Caesar came to the rescue in the very nick of time: f. ..., tempore opportunissimo Caesar auxilium tulit; namque ..., Caes. B. G. 4, 34: later authors often put namque after another word, as, f. they painted pictures of plants, pinxere namque effigies herbarum, Plin. 25, 2, 4: Liv. 3, 44, med., ibi namque ... ludi erant. 3. ĕnim (less emphatic than nam from which it is derived, and never first in a sentence: v. L. G. § 581): he shouted that they should be of good cheer, f. he saw the traces of men, exclamavit ut bono essent animo; videre enim se hominum vestigia, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, fin.: and yet I did not think of you; f. I knew, etc., neque tamen de te cogitavi; sciebam enim, etc.: Cic. 4. ĕtĕnim (καὶ γὰρ, and in fact; copulative as well as illative: at the beginning of a sentence): f. no one can speak well, saving he have a good understanding, etenim dicere bene nemo potest, nisi qui prudenter intelligit, Cic. Brut. 6, 23: comp. id. Fin. 1, 9, 30; and v. in fact. 5. quippĕ (at the beginning of a sentence: in this connection about equiv. to etenim): not that you can give me any help; f. the matter is in hand, and you are at the other end of the world, non quo me aliquid juvare posses; quippe res est (al. quippe; res enim est) in manibus, tu autem abes longe gentium, Cic. Att. 6, 3, init.: I confess, he says, that in the matter of Gabinius I was guilty: yes; f. you see, etc., fateor, inquit, in Gabinio nefarium me fuisse: quippe vides, etc., Cic. Dom. 48, 126: both kinds have a trifling name; f. in fact this whole business of exciting laughter is trifling, leve nomen habet utraque res; quippe leve enim est totum hoc, risum movere, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 218: v. because.