caussa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯s.sa/, [ˈkäu̯s̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯s.sa/, [ˈkäu̯sːä]

Noun

caussa f (genitive caussae); first declension

1. Archaic form of causa.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caussa	caussae
Genitive	caussae	caussārum
Dative	caussae	caussīs
Accusative	caussam	caussās
Ablative	caussā	caussīs
Vocative	caussa	caussae

References

• “caussa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caussa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Old Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *kawd-teh₂ or a connection to cudo, but could just as well be a non-IE loanword.

Noun

caussa

1. cause, reason, purpose
2. case, claim

Declension

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	caussā	caussāī
genitive	caussās	caussom caussāsōm
dative	caussāi	causseis caussabos
accusative	caussam	caussās
ablative	caussād	causseis caussabos
vocative	caussa	caussai

Descendants

• Latin: causa (early Classical also still caussa)

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN