because Copy link Outline 1. quĭă2. quod (less emphatic than quia)3. propterea quod (more precise than quod alone)4. pro eo quod (for pro in this sense v. ACCORDING TO) • because: N.B. The various Latin equivalents for this conjunction are foll. by either the indic. or the subj. in accordance with the general principles which regulate the use of the moods. 1. quĭă: the city is named Neapolis b. it was built last, urbs, quia postrema aedificata est, Neapolis nominatur, Cic.: no one avoids pleasure merely b. it is pleasure, but b. great pains befall those who know not how to pursue pleasure rationally, nemo ipsam voluptatem, quia voluptas sit, fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt, Cic.. Virg. 2. quod (less emphatic than quia): the city was named Tyche b. there was a temple of Fortune in it, urbs quod in ea Fortunae fanum fuit, Tyche nominata est, Cic.: Caesar answered that he had the less hesitation b. he remembered those things, Caesar respondit eo sibi minus dubitationis dari, quod eas res memoria teneret, Caes.: v. that (conj.) 3. propterea quod (more precise than quod alone): they said that they intended to march through the province (simply) b. they had no other road, dixerunt sibi esse in animo iter per provinciam facere p. quod aliud iter haberent nullum, Caes. 4. pro eo quod (for pro in this sense v. according to): Hannibal had been invited by his hosts b. his name was in great renown with all, Hannibal pro eo quod ejus nomen erat magna apud omnes gloria, invitatus erat ab hospitibus, Cic. (For because of, expressed in Lat. by a prep., v. on account of; for.): v. since, as. N.B. The cause or reason is often expressed in Latin by a participial clause: Caesar sent a deputy into Epirus, b. he thought that the war would be prolonged, Caesar longius bellum ductum iri existimans, in Epirum legatum misit, Caes.: the Gauls could not fight with any ease, b. their left hands were hampered, Galli, sinistra impedita, satis commode pugnare non poterant, Caes.