Meaning of quod | Babel Free
[ˈkʷɔd]Definitions
- what for, why, wherefore, that:
- with est and a previous referent (nihil, hoc, etc.): because of which, for which
- with habeō
- without the referent
- alone
- introducing a sentence:
- to this purpose, regarding this; that is why
- with sī (and/but if), nisī (and/but though), utinam ((and/but) if ever), ubī, quia, quoniam, etc.
Examples
“Edepol vos lepide temptavi vostrumque ingenium ingeni. Sed hoc est quod ad vos venio quodque esse ambas conventas volo:”
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“Palinure, Palinure. — Eloquere, quid est quod Palinurum voces?”
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“Quod quispiam ignem quaerat, extingui volo,”
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“Nil adhuc est quod vereare.”
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“In viam quod te des hoc tempore, nihil est: et longum est iter et non tutum et non video, quid prodesse possis, si veneris.”
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“Dolores autem, si qui incurrunt, nunquam vim tantam habent, ut non plus habeat sapiens quod gaudeat quam quod angatur.”
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“Soror, est quod te volo secreto.”
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“Quam ob rem, etsi magis est, quod gratuler tibi, quam quod te rogem, tamen etiam rogo, ut, […]”
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“Si, quia Graiorum sunt antiquissima quaeque scripta uel optima, Romani pensantur eadem”
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“Animum advorte, ut quod ego ad te advenio intellegas”
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“Nequoi sit vostrum mirum quor partis seni poeta dederit quae sunt adulescentium,”
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“Hoc qui existimat fieri potuisse, non intellego, cur non idem putet, si innumerabiles unius et viginti formae litterarum vel aureae vel qualeslibet aliquo coiciantur, posse ex is in terram excussis annales Enni, ut deinceps legi possint, effici; quod nescio an ne in uno quidem versu possit tantum valere fortuna.”
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“Nescioquid iamdudum audio hic tumultuari misera: male metuo ne Philumenae mage morbus adgravescat:”
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“Quod si quis illorum veteranorum legat facta, paria horum cognoscat neque rem ullam nisi tempus interesse iudicet.”
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“Quod ut hanc quoque curam determinemus, iustum mense singulas vehes fimi redire in singulas pecudes minores, in maiores denas.”
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“Quod si te sors Afris aut Hispanis aut Gallis praefecisset, immanibus ac barbaris nationibus, tamen esset humanitatis tuae consulere eorum commodis et utilitati salutique servire: […]”
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CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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