sake Copy link Outline 1. grātiā or causā, with depend. gen.2. less freq. ergō, following the gen. dependent upon it (savouring of legal or archaic phraseology)3. ob, propter, with acc. (on account of)4. pro, with abl. (for, on behalf of) • sake: in phr., for (some one's) s. 1. grātiā or causā, with depend. gen.: cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158, where the two are combined, tantum abest ut haec bestiarum causa creata sint, ut ipsas bestias hominum gratia generatas esse videamus: also, id. Fin. 1, 10, extr. (which latter passage proves that the words are exactly synonymous): to name a person for the s. of doing him honour, aliquem honoris gratia (causa) nominare. id. Quint. 7, 28. 2. less freq. ergō, following the gen. dependent upon it (savouring of legal or archaic phraseology): for the sake of this law, hujus legis ergo, Cic. Att. 3, 23: S. C. in Liv. 25, 7 (dono militari virtutis ergo donari). 3. ob, propter, with acc. (on account of): v. L. G. § 556. 4. pro, with abl. (for, on behalf of): to die for the sake of one's country, pro patria mori, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 13. Phr.: for heaven's s.! pro deum [atque hominum] fidem! Ter. Andr. 1, 5, 2: Cic.