after (conj.) Copy link Outline 1. postĕā quam (with perf.)2. postquam, or separately post ... quam (also with perf.)3. May often be expr. by perf. part. (v. AFTER, prep. II. fin.) • after (conj.): 1. postĕā quam (with perf.): a. I began to aim at honours, p. quam honoribus inservire coepi, Cic.: but a. the cavalry came in sight, the enemy turned their backs, p. vero quam equitatus in conspectum venit, hostes terga verterunt, Caes. 2. postquam, or separately post ... quam (also with perf.): on the eleventh day a. I had left you, undecimo die postquam a te discesseram, Cic.: which had happened a. I had given to the freedman a letter for you, quod post accidisset quam dedissem ad te liberto literas, Cic.: Caes.: Virg. 3. May often be expr. by perf. part. (v. after, prep. II. fin.): as, a. the battle was finished, proelio confecto, Sall.: six years a. Veii was taken, sexennio post Veios captos, Liv.: v. also when, AS SOON AS. Phr.: the day a. you set out I came to Pompey, postridie quam tu es profectus, veni ad Pompeium, Cic.: Saguntum was taken eight months a. the siege began, octavo mense quam coeptum est oppugnari captum est S., Liv.: he died the fourth year a. he was exiled, decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat, Nep.