Etymology 1
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Calque of Latin post quam.
Preposition
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poi che
- (literary, obsolete) after
mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 13–15; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. 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,
Etymology 2
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Conjunction
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poi che
- Alternative form of poiché