quamobrem

See also: quam ob rem

Latin

Alternative forms

• quam ob rem

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷam ˈob.rem/, [kʷä̃ˑ ˈɔbrɛ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.mobˈrem/, [ˈkwäːmobˈrem]
• Note: despite often being written as a single word, the graphic m does not represent a bilabial nasal /m/, but a placeless one, as always in word-final position. The word is always scanned as two longs, with (probably only partial) elision of the first vowel. Contrast with tamen, with /m/.

Adverb

quamobrem (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) why?, "For what reason?", "On what account?"
2. (first word in sentence) for this reason; therefore

References

• “quamobrem”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• quamobrem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.