poi che

Italian

Etymology 1

Calque of Latin post quam.

Preposition

poi che

  1. (literary, obsolete) after
    • 1314, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno‎, lines 13–15; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 1994:
      Ma poi ch’i’ fui al piè d’un colle giunto,
      là dove terminava quella valle
      che m’avea di paura il cor compunto, […]
      But after I had reached a mountain's foot,
      ⁠At that point where the valley terminated,
      ⁠Which had with consternation pierced my heart,

Conjunction

poi che

  1. Alternative form of poiché
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