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quod

Pronunciation: [ˈkʷɔd]

“quod” is a Latin word. Its 19 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. with est and a previous referent (nihil, hoc, etc.): because of which, for which
  2. with habeō
  3. without the referent
  4. alone
  5. to this purpose, regarding this; that is why
  6. with sī (and/but if), nisī (and/but though), utinam ((and/but) if ever), ubī, quia, quoniam, etc.

conjunction

  1. often used with adverbs or adverbial locatives: because, in that, as
  2. subordinate to an adverbial demonstrative or diacritical adverb
  3. in apposition, explaining a noun: that is
  4. with the subjunctive: as to the fact, when, whereas, in case that, if it be so that, suppose that
  5. introducing a sentence
  6. repeated
  7. inside a sentence
  8. with restrictive adverbs
  9. after verbs of feeling or declaring
  10. after faciō or facile est, in (+ gerund)
  11. also used freely
  12. since (temporal)
  13. that (in indirect speech)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kʷod, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, whence also Old English hwæt (English what). The pronoun came to be used as an adverb through the accusative of respect: "(this is) according to what", "(that is) in respect of which" → "why". Compare quia.

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