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causa
#1
preposition
- type: takes an ablative object
Definitions:
- for sake/purpose of (preceded by GEN.), on account/behalf of, with a view to
- Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
- Area: All or none
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
- Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
causa, causae
#2
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- cause/reason/motive
- origin, source, derivation
- responsibility/blame
- symptom
- Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
- Area: All or none
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
- Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
causa, causae
#3
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- lawsuit, case, trial
- occasion, subject
- plea, position
- proviso/stipulation
- Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
- Area: All or none
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
- Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
causa, causae
#4
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- [sine causa => in vain (Vulgate)]
- |thing(s)
- Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
- Area: All or none
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
- Source: C.H. Beeson, “A Primer of Medieval Latin”, 1925 (Bee)
causarius, causaria, causarium
#5
adjective
Definitions:
- sick, ill, diseased, unhealthy
- [misso ~ => army discharge on health grounds]
- Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
- Area: Biological, Medical, Body Parts
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
- Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
causarius, causarii
#6
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- soldier discharged from army on health/other grounds, invalid
- the_sick (pl.)
- Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
- Area: War, Military, Naval, Ships, Armor
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
- Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
causativus, causativa, causativum
#7
adjective
Definitions:
- causative
- pertaining to matter in dispute, gist of matter/action/suit
- Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
- Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
causa, causae
#8
noun
- declension: 1st declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- [sine causa => in vain (Vulgate)]
- |thing(s)
- Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
- Area: All or none
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
- Source: C.H. Beeson, “A Primer of Medieval Latin”, 1925 (Bee)
causo, causare, causavi, causatus
#9
verb
- conjugation: 1st conjugation
- voice: transitive
Definitions:
- cause
- Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
- Area: All or none
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
- Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)
causalis, causalis, causale
#10
adjective
Definitions:
- pertaining to a cause, causal
- Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
- Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
causalitas, causalitatis
#11
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- causality
- Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
- Area: All or none
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
causativus, causativa, causativum
#12
adjective
Definitions:
- accusative (case) (w/causus)
- first (person) (w/persona)
- Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
- Area: Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Literature, Schools
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
causatio, causationis
#13
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- apology
- disease (L+S)
- plea, excuse
- pretext
- Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
- Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
- Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
causarie
#14
adverb
Definitions:
- on account of sickness
- [causarie missus est => invalided out of army]
- Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
- Area: War, Military, Naval, Ships, Armor
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
causaliter
#15
adverb
Definitions:
- causally
- Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
- Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
causabundus, causabunda, causabundum
#16
adjective
Definitions:
- blaming, censuring, accusing, reproaching, condemning
- finding fault with
- Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
- Area: All or none
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
- Source: Franz Blatt, “Vademecum in opus Saxonis” (Saxo)
causate, causatius, causatissime
#17
adverb
Definitions:
- with best reasons?
- with better reason
- with good reason
- Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
- Area: All or none
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
- Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)