quor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷoːr/, [kʷoːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwor/, [kwɔr]

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 3.1.533-534:

     An vero non iusta causa est, quor curratur celeriter

     Why is there not just cause for running quickly?