since (conj.) Copy link Outline I. Temporal1. expr. by quum, with pres. ind. (when a thing is still going on)2. postquam (referring to a definitely past event3. expr. by ex quo temporeII. Logical1. quum (with subj.)2. expr. by quippe, with pron. rel.; usu. with subj.3. quŏniam (seeing that; usu. with indic.)4. sīquĭdem5. quandŏquĭdem (with indic)6. also simply, quando7. postquam (not class. in this sense) • since (conj.): I. Temporal: 1. expr. by quum, with pres. ind. (when a thing is still going on): it is many years s. he was first in my debt [and he is so still], multi anni sunt quum ille in meo aere est, Cic. Fam. 15, 14. 2. postquam (referring to a definitely past event: with perf. ind.): s. you went away, everything has been getting worse, *postquam tu discessisti, omnia pejus ire coeperunt (or, post discessum tuum, etc., using verbal subs.): cf. since, prep. (3). 3. expr. by ex quo tempore: I have not received a single letter from you s. you started, ex quo tempore tu profectus es, nullae mihi litterae tuae allatae sunt: v. since, prep. (1). II. Logical: 1. quum (with subj.): s. we have in us reason ... it necessarily follows ..., quum sit in nobis consilium ... necesse est ..., Cic. N. D. 2, 31, 79: et pass. Strengthened, quippe quum, Nep. pref.; utpote quum, Asin. Poll. in Cic. Fam. 10, 32. 2. expr. by quippe, with pron. rel.; usu. with subj.: (he did not go to entertainments with his father), s. in fact he did not even come ..., quippe qui ne ... quidem veniret ..., Cic. R. Am. 18, extr.: also with indic., when it may usu. be rendered and in fact. Similarly, utpŏtĕ qui (as being one who: with indic. or subj.): Cic. Ph. 5, 11, 30. 3. quŏniam (seeing that; usu. with indic.): wherefore, s. the matter has been brought to this issue, quapropter, q. res in id discrimen adducta est, Cic. Ph. 3, 11, 29: et pass. Rarely, with subj.: accordingly, s. he could not speak for himself, his brother ..., itaque q. ipse pro se dicere non posset, frater ..., Nep. Milt. 7. (In Caes. B. G. 5, 3, the subj. possent belongs to obliqua oratio.) 4. sīquĭdem: v. seeing that. 5. quandŏquĭdem (with indic): s. you admire those orators so highly, q. tu istos oratores tantopere laudas, Cic. Br. 44, 163 Liv. 6. also simply, quando: Quint. 12, 8, 5 (with indic.): Ter. 7. postquam (not class. in this sense): Pl.