causa
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Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
causa
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognate to Catalan cosa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
causa f (plural causes)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
causa
- third-person singular present indicative form of causar
- second-person singular imperative form of causar
Dalmatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *cosa from Latin causa.
Noun[edit]
causa f
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
causa
- third-person singular past historic of causer
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin causa. Cognates include Italian cosa, English cause, French cause, Portuguese causa, Spanish causa.
Noun[edit]
causa f (plural cause)
Synonyms[edit]
- lite (lawsuit)
Verb[edit]
causa
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- caussa (used by Cicero and a little after him)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Latin caussa, further origin unknown.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
causa f (genitive causae); first declension
- cause, reason
- case, claim, contention
- motive, pretext
- situation, condition
- (figuratively) justification, explanation
- (Medieval Latin) thing
Postposition[edit]
causā (+ genitive)
- for the sake of or on account of
- urbis causā (“for the sake of the city”).
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | causa | causae |
| genitive | causae | causārum |
| dative | causae | causīs |
| accusative | causam | causās |
| ablative | causā | causīs |
| vocative | causa | causae |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- causa in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- causa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CAUSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- causa in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- on the spur of the moment: temporis causa
- to make not the slightest effort; not to stir a finger: manum non vertere alicuius rei causa
- my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter: res meae meliore loco, in meliore causa sunt
- my circumstances have not altered: eadem est causa mea or in eadem causa sum
- to quote as a reason; give as excuse: causam afferre
- for valid reasons: iustis de causis
- cogent, decisive reasons: magnae (graves) necessariae causae
- on good grounds; reasonably: non sine causa
- how came it that...: quid causae fuit cur...?
- the motive, cause, is to be found in..: causa posita est in aliqua re
- the motive, cause, is to be found in..: causa repetenda est ab aliqua re (not quaerenda)
- I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
- to interpose, put forward an argument, a reason: causam interponere or interserere
- to find a suitable pretext: causam idoneam nancisci
- under the pretext, pretence of..: per causam (with Gen.)
- cause and effect: causae rerum et consecutiones
- extraneous causes: causae extrinsecus allatae (opp. in ipsa re positae)
- concatenation, interdependence of causes: rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae
- to leave the question open; to refuse to commit oneself: integrum (causam integram) sibi reservare
- to be favourably disposed towards: alicuius causa velle or cupere
- to speak of some one respectfully: honoris causa aliquem nominare or appellare
- for one's own diversion; to satisfy a whim: voluptatis or animi causa (B. G. 5. 12)
- in memory of..: memoriae causa, ad (not in) memoriam (Brut. 16. 62)
- to cite a person or a thing as an example: aliquem (aliquid) exempli causa ponere, proferre, nominare, commemorare
- a digression, episode: quod ornandi causa additum est
- for political reasons: rei publicae causa (Sest. 47. 101)
- to embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of..: alicuius partes (causam) or simply aliquem sequi
- the aristocracy (as a party in politics): boni cives, optimi, optimates, also simply boni (opp. improbi); illi, qui optimatium causam agunt
- to take up the cause of the people, democratic principles: causam popularem suscipere or defendere
- to be a leading spirit of the popular cause: populi causam agere
- to hold an inquiry into a matter: aliquid, causam cognoscere
- without any examination: incognita causa (cf. sect. XV. 3, indicta causa)
- a civil case: causa privata
- a criminal case: causa publica (Brut. 48. 178)
- to conduct a person's case (said of an agent, solicitor): causam alicuius agere (apud iudicem)
- to address the court (of the advocate): causam dicere, orare (Brut. 12. 47)
- to defend oneself before the judge (of the accused): causam dicere
- to defend a person: causam dicere pro aliquo
- to conduct some one's defence in a case: causam alicuius defendere
- to have a good case: causam optimam habere (Lig. 4. 10)
- to gain a weak case by clever pleading: causam inferiorem dicendo reddere superiorem (λόγον κρείττω ποιειν) (Brut. 8. 30)
- counsel; advocate: patronus (causae) (De Or. 2. 69)
- to undertake a case: causam suscipere
- to undertake a case: ad causam aggredi or accedere
- without going to law: indicta causa (opp. cognita causa)
- to win a case: causam or litem obtinere
- to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere
- to decide on the conduct of the case: iudicare causam (de aliqua re)
- on the spur of the moment: temporis causa
Occitan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
causa f (plural causas)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognates include Portuguese coisa, English cause, French cause, Italian causa, Spanish causa.
Noun[edit]
causa f (plural causas)
Verb[edit]
causa
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of causar
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of causar
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin causa. Cognates include Spanish cosa, English cause, French cause, Italian causa, Portuguese causa.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
causa f (plural causas)
- cause
- lawsuit
- A dish in Peruvian cuisine made with potatoes and layered or topped with meat or vegetables
Verb[edit]
causa
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of causar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of causar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of causar.
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