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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

quā-rē (or separately, quā rē), adv. [quae-res].

I Interrog. , by what means? how? Ter. Eun. 369.—

B Rel. , by which means , whereby (rare but class.): multas res novas in edictum addidit, quare luxuria reprimeretur, Nep. Cat. 2, 3: permulta sunt, quae dici possunt, quare intellegatur, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94.—

II From what cause , on what account , wherefore , why.

A Interrog. : quare ausus? Plaut. Mil. 5, 12: quare negasti illud te fuisse laturum? Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 71: quā re enim primum ille adesse noluit? id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; 2, 3, 30, § 71; id. Att. 11, 15, 4; id. de Or. 1, 16, 71; Hor. S. 2, 2, 103; Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; Curt. 7, 1, 36; Suet. Claud. 16; Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 10; id. Ben. 3, 19, 1 et saep.—

2 Indirect: quaeramus, quae tanta vitia fuerint in unico filio, quare is patri displiceret, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 41.—

B Transf., for joining on a consecutive clause, for which reason , wherefore , therefore : quare sic tibi eum commendo, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 71: quare pro certo habetote, Sall. C. 52, 17.