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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʷam ˈob.rem/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.mobˈrem/,
- Note: despite often being written as a single word, the graphic m does not represent a bilabial nasal /m/, but a placeless one, as always in word-final position. The word is always scanned as two longs, with (probably only partial) elision of the first vowel. Contrast with tamen, with /m/.
Adverb
quam ob rem (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) why; on account of what
- wherefore