proptĕrĕā, adv. [propter-is],
therefore , for that cause , on that account (syn.: ideo, idcirco, inde; class.): quia mihi natalis est dies, propterea te vocari ad cenam volo, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 71: propterea ... quia, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 25; 2, 22, 49; id. Lael. 2, 6: haec propterea de me dixi, ut, etc., id. Lig. 3, 8: propterea quoniam, Gell. 3, 6: propterea, quod, because that , Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; id. Fam. 9, 18, 1.—Esp. with reference to something just said: scio, Et pol propterea magis nunc ignosco tibi, Ter. Eun. 879; id. And. 693: id propterea nunc hunc venientem sequor, with that in view , therefore , id. ib. 414: ergo propterea... ne, etc., id. Hec. 63.