quia
English
Adjective
quia (not comparable)
- (Lutheranism) Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative because it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible.
Coordinate terms
Adverb
quia (not comparable)
- In a quia manner.
Latin
Alternative forms
- qua (Late Latin, manuscripts and inscriptions)[1]
Etymology
Old neuter plural accusative case of quis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₂. Corresponds both formally and functionally to Megara Ancient Greek σᾰ́ (sá, “what?”), and functionally to ὅτι (hóti); this and other evidence point to the Greek origin of the use of quia as a subordinator, in contrast to quod where there's stronger evidence for a native development.[2][3]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷi.a/, [ˈkʷiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwi.a/, [ˈkwiːä]
Conjunction
quia
- because, due to the fact that, for
- c. 1135 – 1153, Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermōnēs super Cantica Canticōrum 84.6:
- Nōn timeō, quia amō.
- I am not afraid because I love.
- Nōn timeō, quia amō.
- (Late Latin, subordinator) (the fact) that
Usage notes
Derived terms
Descendants
All meaning 'because', but with a phonetic shape reflecting a crossing with quam 'how':[4]
References
- Palmer, L.R. 1906. The Latin language. London: Faber and Faber.
- Väänänen, Veikko. 1981. Introduction au latin vulgaire. Paris: Klincksieck.
- B. Löfstedt, 'Die betonten Hiatusvokale in Wörtern vom Typus pius, tuus, meus', Eranos 60 (1962), page 89
- Pierluigi Cuzzolin (2013 August 5) “Some remarks on quia as a subordinator after verbs of saying and thinking”, in Journal of Latin Linguistics, volume 12, number 1, , →ISSN, pages 51–69
- Pierluigi Cuzzolin (2013) “The Latin construction dicere quod revisited”, in Graeco-Latina Brunensia, volume 18, number 1, retrieved 2021-04-09, pages 23-38
- Väänänen 1981: 163
- https://mas.lne.es/diccionario/palabra/4801
Further reading
- “quia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkja/ [ˈkja]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: quia
Further reading
- “quia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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