per cui

Italian

Conjunction

per cui

  1. so, therefore, consequently, thus
    Synonyms: per questo, quindi, dunque
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see per,‎ cui.: for whom; for which
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 106–108; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Di quella umile Italia fia salute / per cui morì la vergine Cammilla, / Eurialo e Turno e Niso di ferute.
      It shall be the salvation of that poor Italy for which the virgin Camilla, Euryalus, and Turnus, and Nisus, died of their wounds.
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