propterea Latin · revision 30787

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la propter, la is}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''proptereā''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also written separately, ''propter eā''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|propter|eā|t1=because of|t2=these things]], the ablative of [[m|la|is]], like [[m|la|anteā]] and [[m|la|posteā]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|propter]] from [[m|la|prope|t=near]], which he traces, after Dunkel, to [[ine-pro|*própro|t=ever further forward]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''quia mihi nātālis est diēs, proptereā tē vocārī ad cēnam volō'', “because it is my birthday, I want you invited to dinner”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Proptereā'' means “for that reason, on that account, therefore”, usually joining cause and result.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It often looks forward to a clause: ''proptereā quod'' or ''quia'', “because”, and ''proptereā ut'', “with this in view, in order that” (Plautus, Terence, Cicero).^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short give ''[[ideō]]'', ''[[idcircō]]'' and ''inde'' as synonyms.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “therefore, for that cause”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''proptereā tē vocārī ad cēnam volō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence: ''proptereā ut''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|therefore]], for that reason, on that account.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''proptereā quod'' (''quia''), because.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''proptereā ut'', in order that.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[propter]]

+ * [[ideō]]

+ * [[idcircō]]

+ * [[anteā]]

+ * [[posteā]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}