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nam conj. Source etymology: GNA- . I. Introducing an explanation, for (in prose beginning the sentence, except when enclitic with an interrog . word): is pagus appellabatur Tigurinus, nam civitas in pagos divisa est, Cs.: Pauca . . . Expediam dictis; prohibent nam cetera Parcae Scire, V.: Belua multorum es capitum; nam quid sequar? H.—Introducing a parenthesis, for certainly, but : colenda iustitia est, cum ipsa per sese (nam aliter iustitia non esset), tum, etc.—Resuming the thought after a parenthesis: simul atque cognovit (audi, audi, atque attende . . .), nam simul ac me audivit, etc. —With illud or quod , introducing a minor consideration or an exception, for, but : bene, quod Mens, Fides consecratur . . . nam illud vitiosum Athenis, quod fecerunt Contumeliae fanum.—Introducing an example or illustration, for example, for instance : sed vivo Catone multi oratores floruerunt. Nam et A. Albinus . . . Nam Q. Metellus, etc.— II. Introducing a reason, for, seeing that, inasmuch as : celebratote illos dies; nam multi saepe honores dis inmortalibus iusti habiti sunt, sed, etc.: alias urbīs condidere . . . nam de Carthagine silere melius puto quam parum dicere, S.: una domus erat . . . nam quid ego de studiis dicam cognoscendi semper aliquid, etc.: Iuppiter, hospitibus nam te dare iura loquuntur, V.: Mercuri (nam te docilis magistro Movit Amphion lapides canendo), etc., H.—In replies, introducing the reason for an implied answer, for, for assuredly, certainly: Sa . tamen tibi a me nullast orta iniuria . . . Ae . Nam hercle etiam hoc restat, i. e. (not yet); for that is to come hereafter , T.: nos hunc Heracliensem . . . de nostrā civitate eiciemus? Nam si quis putat . . . vehementer errat.—In a rhetorical climax, with ne . . . quidem : in corpora ipsorum, in liberos contumeliae editae. Nam avaritia ne sacrorum quidem spoliatione abstinuit, nay . . . not even , L.—In eager questions, beginning a clause, why? : Nam quae haec anus est, exanimata a fratre quae egressa'st meo? T.—As enclitic with an interrogative: quisnam igitur tuebitur P. Scipionis memoriam mortui?: in incerto habuere, quidnam consili caperent, S.: num nam haec audivit? T.: quis est nam ludus in undis, V.

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An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1890) — Perseus Digital Library
Charlton T. Lewis · Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University
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