adverb
proptereā
proptereā (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparabletherefore; for that reason
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ideō, eā dē causāproptereā — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 17
proptĕrĕā, adv. propter-is,
I. therefore, for that cause, on that account (syn.: ideo, idcirco, inde;
class.): quia mihi natalis est dies, propterea te vocari ad cenam volo, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 71: propterea ... quia, Cic. Div 1, 14, 25; 2, 22, 49; id. Lael. 2, 6: haec propterea de me dixi, ut, etc., id. Lig. 3, 8: propterea quoniam, Gell. 3, 6: propterea, quod, because that, Cic. Rep. 1, 6, 11; id. Fam. 9, 18, 1.—Esp. with reference to something just said: scio, Et pol propterea magis nunc ignosco tibi, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 40; id. And. 4, 2, 10: id propterea nunc hunc venientem sequor, with that in view, therefore, id. ib. 2, 5, 3: ergo propterea... ne, etc., id. Hec. 1, 1, 6.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
propter-eā adv.,
therefore, for that cause, on that account: Ea res est, proptereaque nunc misera est, T.: haec propterea de me dixi, ut, etc.: id propterea hunc sequor, T.—Esp., in the phrase, propterea quod, because: fortissimi sunt Belgae, propterea quod absunt, etc., Cs.: ut adsint, propterea quod officium sequuntur.
Origins
From propter (“because of”) + ea (“these things”).