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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "accūsō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "causidicus"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "causor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "causula"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "causārius"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "excūsō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "incūsō"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "recūsō"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-ola",
"3": "caussa"
},
"expansion": "Old Latin caussa",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*kaussā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *kaussā",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"title": "unknown"
},
"expansion": "unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cudo",
"t": "I strike"
},
"expansion": "Latin cudo (“I strike”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-"
},
"expansion": "*kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*kewh₂-",
"t": "to cut, strike"
},
"expansion": "*kewh₂- (“to cut, strike”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ett",
"2": "𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀"
},
"expansion": "Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Italic *kaussā, further origin unknown. Connected by some to Latin cudo (“I strike”), in the sense \"strike a cause,\" in which the Proto-Indo-European form would be *kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-, from *kewh₂- (“to cut, strike”). Others are skeptical of an Indo-European origin. Related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "causae",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "causa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "causae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "causa<1>"
},
"expansion": "causa f (genitive causae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "causa<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "23 10 18 11 11 8 15 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 7 15 21 4 2 19 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Logic",
"orig": "la:Logic",
"parents": [
"Formal sciences",
"Philosophy",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 7 14 21 7 7 2 7",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Philosophy",
"orig": "la:Philosophy",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "for this reason/therefore",
"text": "qua de causa/qua de re/quam ob causam",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "(The union of Dido and Aeneas begets tragedy.)",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.169–170",
"text": "Ille diēs prīmus lētī prīmusque malōrum\ncausa fuit ….\nThat day – a first of death, and onset of misery – it was the cause [of everything]."
}
],
"glosses": [
"cause, reason"
],
"id": "en-causa-la-noun-P7lx6SUB",
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "la:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"case, claim, contention"
],
"id": "en-causa-la-noun-ENrqUIpT",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"case",
"case"
],
[
"claim",
"claim"
],
[
"contention",
"contention"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) case, claim, contention"
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "24 13 30 12 9 3 6 3",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "la:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 8 20 9 22 5 24 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Rhetoric",
"orig": "la:Rhetoric",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cause, judicial process, lawsuit"
],
"id": "en-causa-la-noun-yxyVNpO6",
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"judicial",
"judicial"
],
[
"process",
"process"
],
[
"lawsuit",
"lawsuit"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cognitiō"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"motive, reason, pretext, inducement, motivation"
],
"id": "en-causa-la-noun-toEKA5JT",
"links": [
[
"motive",
"motive"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"pretext",
"pretext"
],
[
"inducement",
"inducement"
],
[
"motivation",
"motivation"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 8 20 9 22 5 24 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Rhetoric",
"orig": "la:Rhetoric",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"condition, occasion, situation, state"
],
"id": "en-causa-la-noun-kR~XAW5T",
"links": [
[
"condition",
"condition"
],
[
"occasion",
"occasion"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
],
[
"state",
"state"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"justification, explanation"
],
"id": "en-causa-la-noun-XmqVElKE",
"links": [
[
"justification",
"justification"
],
[
"explanation",
"explanation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) justification, explanation"
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Medieval Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "9 10 28 7 5 1 37 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 11 22 8 6 1 39 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 4 17 10 3 3 39 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latin postpositions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 8 20 9 22 5 24 4",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Rhetoric",
"orig": "la:Rhetoric",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"thing"
],
"id": "en-causa-la-noun-XelNaRrj",
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Medieval Latin) thing"
],
"tags": [
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkau̯.sa/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäu̯s̠ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkau̯.sa/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäːu̯sä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "used by Cicero and a little after him",
"word": "caussa"
}
],
"word": "causa"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dalmatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dlm",
"2": "causa",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "causa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Italian: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "cosa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sardinian: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sardinian: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nap",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Neapolitan: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Neapolitan: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "còsa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Occitan: còsa",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Guardia Piemontese"
},
"expansion": "(Guardia Piemontese)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Occitan: còsa (Guardia Piemontese)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "cjosse",
"3": "čhosse"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: cjosse, čhosse",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: cjosse, čhosse"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lld",
"2": "cossa"
},
"expansion": "Ladin: cossa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladin: cossa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "chaussa",
"3": "caussa",
"4": "tgossa",
"5": "chosa"
},
"expansion": "Romansch: chaussa, caussa, tgossa, chosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romansch: chaussa, caussa, tgossa, chosa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Venetian"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Venetian: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetian: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Italic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "còssa"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: còssa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lombard: còssa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frp",
"2": "chousa"
},
"expansion": "Franco-Provençal: chousa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Franco-Provençal: chousa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "chose",
"3": "cose"
},
"expansion": "Old French: chose, cose",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: chose, cose"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "chose"
},
"expansion": "French: chose",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: chose"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chose",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: chose",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "\"property\""
},
"expansion": "(\"property\")",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ English: chose (\"property\")"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pcd",
"2": "cose"
},
"expansion": "Picard: cose",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Picard: cose"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "tchôze"
},
"expansion": "Walloon: tchôze",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Walloon: tchôze"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Occitano-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc-gas",
"2": "causa"
},
"expansion": "Gascon: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gascon: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "causa",
"3": "chausa",
"4": "cauva"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: causa, chausa, cauva",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: causa, chausa, cauva"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "an",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Aragonese: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aragonese: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "cousa",
"3": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: cousa, cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: cousa, cosa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "cousa"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cousa\nFala: coixa, coixha\nGalician: cousa\nPortuguese: coisa, cousa (dated) (see there for further descendants)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cousa\nFala: coixa, coixha\nGalician: cousa\nPortuguese: coisa, cousa (dated) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: cosa\nLadino: koza\nSpanish: cosa",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: cosa\nLadino: koza\nSpanish: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Insular Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "casa"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: casa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Sardinian: casa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ancient borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "kafshë",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: kafshë",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: kafshë"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "gauza",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Basque: gauza",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Basque: gauza"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "caus",
"3": "cauis",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Irish: caus, cauis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Irish: caus, cauis"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "cúis"
},
"expansion": "Irish: cúis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Irish: cúis"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Later borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "kauza",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: kauza",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: kauza"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cause",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: cause",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: cause"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "kaŭzo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: kaŭzo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: kaŭzo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "cause",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: cause",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: cause"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "cause",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Friulian: cause",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Friulian: cause"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "io",
"2": "kauzo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ido: kauzo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ido: kauzo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "кауза",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: кауза (kauza)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: кауза (kauza)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Occitan: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Occitan: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "cauză",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: cauză",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: cauză"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sicilian: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sicilian: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: causa"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-ola",
"3": "caussa"
},
"expansion": "Old Latin caussa",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*kaussā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *kaussā",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"title": "unknown"
},
"expansion": "unknown",
"name": "unk"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cudo",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-"
},
"expansion": "*kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*kewh₂-",
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ett",
"2": "𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀"
},
"expansion": "Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "causā",
"tags": [
"canonical"
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}
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "postposition",
"3": "+ genitive",
"head": "causā"
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"expansion": "causā (+ genitive)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "postp",
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{
"categories": [],
"derived": [
{
"word": "dicis causā"
},
{
"word": "in causā sum"
},
{
"word": "sine causā"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "for the sake of the city",
"text": "urbis causā",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"for the sake of, on account of"
],
"id": "en-causa-la-postp-nBrgvTUQ",
"links": [
[
"for the sake of",
"for the sake of"
],
[
"on account of",
"on account of"
]
],
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkau̯.sa/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäu̯s̠ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkau̯.sa/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäːu̯sä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "used by Cicero and a little after him",
"word": "caussa"
}
],
"word": "causa"
}
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"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"Latin first declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin postpositions",
"Latin terms derived from Old Latin",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"la:Law",
"la:Logic",
"la:Philosophy",
"la:Rhetoric"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "accūsō"
},
{
"word": "causidicus"
},
{
"word": "causor"
},
{
"word": "causula"
},
{
"word": "causārius"
},
{
"word": "excūsō"
},
{
"word": "incūsō"
},
{
"word": "recūsō"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-ola",
"3": "caussa"
},
"expansion": "Old Latin caussa",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*kaussā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *kaussā",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"title": "unknown"
},
"expansion": "unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cudo",
"t": "I strike"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-"
},
"expansion": "*kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*kewh₂-",
"t": "to cut, strike"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ett",
"2": "𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀"
},
"expansion": "Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "causae",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "causa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causārum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "causīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "causa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "causae",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "causa<1>"
},
"expansion": "causa f (genitive causae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "causa<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations",
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "for this reason/therefore",
"text": "qua de causa/qua de re/quam ob causam",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "(The union of Dido and Aeneas begets tragedy.)",
"ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.169–170",
"text": "Ille diēs prīmus lētī prīmusque malōrum\ncausa fuit ….\nThat day – a first of death, and onset of misery – it was the cause [of everything]."
}
],
"glosses": [
"cause, reason"
],
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"la:Law"
],
"glosses": [
"case, claim, contention"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"case",
"case"
],
[
"claim",
"claim"
],
[
"contention",
"contention"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) case, claim, contention"
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"cause, judicial process, lawsuit"
],
"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"judicial",
"judicial"
],
[
"process",
"process"
],
[
"lawsuit",
"lawsuit"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cognitiō"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"motive, reason, pretext, inducement, motivation"
],
"links": [
[
"motive",
"motive"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
],
[
"pretext",
"pretext"
],
[
"inducement",
"inducement"
],
[
"motivation",
"motivation"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"condition, occasion, situation, state"
],
"links": [
[
"condition",
"condition"
],
[
"occasion",
"occasion"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
],
[
"state",
"state"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"justification, explanation"
],
"links": [
[
"justification",
"justification"
],
[
"explanation",
"explanation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) justification, explanation"
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"feminine",
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Medieval Latin"
],
"glosses": [
"thing"
],
"links": [
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Medieval Latin) thing"
],
"tags": [
"Medieval-Latin",
"declension-1",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkau̯.sa/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäu̯s̠ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkau̯.sa/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäːu̯sä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "used by Cicero and a little after him",
"word": "caussa"
}
],
"word": "causa"
}
{
"categories": [
"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"Latin first declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin postpositions",
"Latin terms derived from Old Latin",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"la:Law",
"la:Logic",
"la:Philosophy",
"la:Rhetoric"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "dicis causā"
},
{
"word": "in causā sum"
},
{
"word": "sine causā"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Dalmatian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dlm",
"2": "causa",
"nolb": "1"
},
"expansion": "causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "causa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Italian: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Italian: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "cosa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sardinian: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sardinian: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nap",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Neapolitan: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Neapolitan: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "còsa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Occitan: còsa",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Guardia Piemontese"
},
"expansion": "(Guardia Piemontese)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ Occitan: còsa (Guardia Piemontese)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sicilian: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "cjosse",
"3": "čhosse"
},
"expansion": "Friulian: cjosse, čhosse",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Friulian: cjosse, čhosse"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lld",
"2": "cossa"
},
"expansion": "Ladin: cossa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ladin: cossa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rm",
"2": "chaussa",
"3": "caussa",
"4": "tgossa",
"5": "chosa"
},
"expansion": "Romansch: chaussa, caussa, tgossa, chosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Romansch: chaussa, caussa, tgossa, chosa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Venetian"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vec",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Venetian: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Venetian: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Italic:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lmo",
"2": "còssa"
},
"expansion": "Lombard: còssa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lombard: còssa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gallo-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "frp",
"2": "chousa"
},
"expansion": "Franco-Provençal: chousa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Franco-Provençal: chousa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "chose",
"3": "cose"
},
"expansion": "Old French: chose, cose",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old French: chose, cose"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "chose"
},
"expansion": "French: chose",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: chose"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chose",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: chose",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "\"property\""
},
"expansion": "(\"property\")",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "→ English: chose (\"property\")"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pcd",
"2": "cose"
},
"expansion": "Picard: cose",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Picard: cose"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "tchôze"
},
"expansion": "Walloon: tchôze",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Walloon: tchôze"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Occitano-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Catalan: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Catalan: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc-gas",
"2": "causa"
},
"expansion": "Gascon: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Gascon: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "causa",
"3": "chausa",
"4": "cauva"
},
"expansion": "Occitan: causa, chausa, cauva",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Occitan: causa, chausa, cauva"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ibero-Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "an",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Aragonese: cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Aragonese: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "cousa",
"3": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Asturian: cousa, cosa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Asturian: cousa, cosa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "roa-opt",
"2": "cousa"
},
"expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cousa\nFala: coixa, coixha\nGalician: cousa\nPortuguese: coisa, cousa (dated) (see there for further descendants)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cousa\nFala: coixa, coixha\nGalician: cousa\nPortuguese: coisa, cousa (dated) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "osp",
"2": "cosa"
},
"expansion": "Old Spanish: cosa\nLadino: koza\nSpanish: cosa",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old Spanish: cosa\nLadino: koza\nSpanish: cosa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Insular Romance:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sc",
"2": "casa"
},
"expansion": "Sardinian: casa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old Sardinian: casa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Ancient borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "kafshë",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: kafshë",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: kafshë"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "gauza",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Basque: gauza",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Basque: gauza"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "caus",
"3": "cauis",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Irish: caus, cauis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Irish: caus, cauis"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "cúis"
},
"expansion": "Irish: cúis",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Irish: cúis"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Later borrowings:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "kauza",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: kauza",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: kauza"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cause",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: cause",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: cause"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "kaŭzo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: kaŭzo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: kaŭzo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "cause",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: cause",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: cause"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fur",
"2": "cause",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Friulian: cause",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Friulian: cause"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "io",
"2": "kauzo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ido: kauzo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ido: kauzo"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "кауза",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: кауза (kauza)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: кауза (kauza)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "oc",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Occitan: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Occitan: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "cauză",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: cauză",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: cauză"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sicilian: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sicilian: causa"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "causa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: causa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: causa"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-ola",
"3": "caussa"
},
"expansion": "Old Latin caussa",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*kaussā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *kaussā",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"title": "unknown"
},
"expansion": "unknown",
"name": "unk"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "cudo",
"t": "I strike"
},
"expansion": "Latin cudo (“I strike”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "",
"3": "*kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-"
},
"expansion": "*kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*kewh₂-",
"t": "to cut, strike"
},
"expansion": "*kewh₂- (“to cut, strike”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ett",
"2": "𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀"
},
"expansion": "Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Italic *kaussā, further origin unknown. Connected by some to Latin cudo (“I strike”), in the sense \"strike a cause,\" in which the Proto-Indo-European form would be *kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-, from *kewh₂- (“to cut, strike”). Others are skeptical of an Indo-European origin. Related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "causā",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "postposition",
"3": "+ genitive",
"head": "causā"
},
"expansion": "causā (+ genitive)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "postp",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "for the sake of the city",
"text": "urbis causā",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"for the sake of, on account of"
],
"links": [
[
"for the sake of",
"for the sake of"
],
[
"on account of",
"on account of"
]
],
"tags": [
"with-genitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkau̯.sa/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäu̯s̠ä]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkau̯.sa/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkäːu̯sä]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "used by Cicero and a little after him",
"word": "caussa"
}
],
"word": "causa"
}
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