ob Preposition

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Translations

  1. on account of
  2. for the sake of
  3. for
  4. instead of
  5. right before

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

s fulva iubis cassis neque onus, cava parma, sinistrae auxilio mihi sunt: decor est quaesitus ab istis; Mars quoque ob hoc capere arma solet!

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses XII
Gaius Julius Caesar

Cum civitas ob eam rem incitata armis ius suum exsequi conaretur multitudinemque hominum ex agris magistratus cogerent, Orgetorix mo

~ Caesar, Bellum Gallicum I
Hyginus

lcanus Iovis iussu ex luto mulieris effigiem fecit, cui Minerva animam dedit, ceterique dii alius aliud donum dederunt; ob id Pandoram nominarunt.

~ Hyginus, Fabulae
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

conminxit lectum potus mensave catillum Euandri manibus tritum deiecit: ob hanc rem, aut positum ante mea quia pullum in parte catini sustulit esuriens, minus hoc iucundus amicus sit mihi?

~ Horace, Sermonum Liber I

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