adverb
utpote
utpote (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparablenamely as, inasmuch as, as, seeing that
Satin nequam sum, ut pote qui hodie amare inceperim?
c. 211 BCE, Plautus, Rudens 2.5.5“pater meus” inquit [Hannibal] “Hamilcar puerulo me, utpote non amplius novem annos nato, in Hispaniam imperator proficiscens Karthagine Iovi optimo maximo hostias immolavit.[…]”
c. 110 BCE – c. 25 BCE, Cornelius Nepos, De viris illustribus XXIII. Hannibal 2.3 - not comparablerareintroducing an explanation: since
Me et incommoda valetudo, (e) qua iam emerseram utpote cum sine febri laborassem,[…]
68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 5.8.1
ut-pŏtĕ, adv.,
I. as namely, namely, as being, as, seeing that, inasmuch as, since (rare but class.; cf. quippe); introducing an explanation.
1. Usually with a pron. rel.:
satis nequam sum, utpote qui hodie inceperim amare, Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 5: ea nos, utpote qui nihil contemnere soleamus, non pertimescebamus, Cic. Att. 2, 24, 4 B. and K. (al. solemus): Lucius quidem frater ejus, utpote qui peregre depugnarit, familiam ducit, id. Phil. 5, 11, 30: similiorem mulierem Magisque eandem, utpote quae non sit eadem, non reor Deos facere posse, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 49: amo hercle, opinor, utpote quod pro certo sciam, id. Bacch. 3, 4, 13: utpote quae mi Speraret nec linguam esse nec auriculam, Cat. 67, 44.—2. With cum: nec retinuissem (legiones), si uno loco habuissem, utpote cum singulae quaedam cohortes seditionem fecerint, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:
incommoda valetudo, quā jam emerseram, utpote cum sine febri laborassem, id. Att. 5, 8, 1.—3. With participles:
inde Rubos fessi pervenimus, utpote longum Carpentes iter, Hor. S. 1, 5, 94: puerulo me, utpote non amplius novem annos nato, Nep. Hann. 2, 3.—4. In adjectival phrases:
quin id erat curae, quo pacto cuncta tenerem, Utpote res tenues, tenui sermone peractas, Hor. S. 2, 4, 9: quod sunt quos genus hoc minime juvat, utpote plures Culpari dignos, id. ib. 1, 4, 24: quo sane populus numerabilis, utpote parvus Et frugi castusque verecundusque coibat, id. A. P. 206.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ut-pote adv.,
as is possible, as is natural, as is of course, as being, as, seeing that, inasmuch as, since (introducing a reason why the statement in the principal clause must needs be true): neque tamen Antonius procul aberat, utpote qui expeditus in fugā sequeretur, S.: ea nos, utpote qui nihil contemnere soleamus, non pertimescebamus: clamor Romanis auxit animum, utpote captā urbe, L.: Inde Rubos fessi pervenimus, utpote longum Carpentes iter, H.: Quin id erat curae, quo pacto cuncta tenerem, Utpote res tenues, tenui sermone peractas, H.
Origins
From ut + pote. See also -pte.