whereas Copy link • whereas: quoniam, quando, quandoquidem, quum: v. since, while. Whereas, when serving to shew an adversative relation of two clauses, is often not expressed in Latin: e. g., we heard you say that we thought all men enemies who were not with us, w. you thought all men friends who were not against you, te dicere audiebamus, nos omnes adversarios putare nisi qui nobiscum essent, te omnes qui contra te non essent tuos, Cic.