quor

Latin

Pronunciation

Adverb

quōr

  1. pre-classical form of cūr (“why, for what reason, wherefore, to what purpose, from what motive”)
    Quōr negās?
    Why do you deny it?
    • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 3.1.30–32:
      An vero non iusta causa est, quor curratur celeriter
      ubi bibas, edas de alieno quantum velis usque ad fatim,
      quod tu invitus numquam reddas domino, de quoio ederis?
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    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 747:
      MȲSĪS: Quōr tū obsecrō hic mē sōlam?
      MYSIS: Why in the name of heaven [did] you [leave] me here alone?
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