"causa" meaning in Latin

See causa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkau̯.sa/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkäu̯s̠ä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈkau̯.sa/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkäːu̯sä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-ola|caussa}} Old Latin caussa, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kaussā}} Proto-Italic *kaussā, {{unk|la|title=unknown}} unknown, {{cog|la|cudo||I strike}} Latin cudo (“I strike”), {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|ett|𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀}} Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa) Head templates: {{la-noun|causa<1>}} causa f (genitive causae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|causa<1>}} Forms: causae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], causa [nominative, singular], causae [nominative, plural], causae [genitive, singular], causārum [genitive, plural], causae [dative, singular], causīs [dative, plural], causam [accusative, singular], causās [accusative, plural], causā [ablative, singular], causīs [ablative, plural], causa [singular, vocative], causae [plural, vocative]
  1. cause, reason Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (topical): Logic, Philosophy
    Sense id: en-causa-la-noun-P7lx6SUB Disambiguation of Logic: 35 14 16 10 7 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Philosophy: 24 10 20 10 11 11 3 11 Categories (other): Latin terms with collocations, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin postpositions Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 43 12 15 7 7 1 1 14 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 22 11 20 11 12 9 11 4 Disambiguation of Latin postpositions: 33 7 13 9 5 4 4 25
  2. (law) case, claim, contention Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (topical): Law, Philosophy
    Sense id: en-causa-la-noun-ENrqUIpT Disambiguation of Philosophy: 24 10 20 10 11 11 3 11 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 22 11 20 11 12 9 11 4 Topics: law
  3. cause, judicial process, lawsuit Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (topical): Law, Philosophy Synonyms: cognitiō
    Sense id: en-causa-la-noun-yxyVNpO6 Disambiguation of Law: 23 15 34 10 10 4 2 3 Disambiguation of Philosophy: 24 10 20 10 11 11 3 11 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 22 11 20 11 12 9 11 4
  4. motive, reason, pretext, inducement, motivation Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-causa-la-noun-toEKA5JT Disambiguation of Philosophy: 24 10 20 10 11 11 3 11 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 22 11 20 11 12 9 11 4
  5. condition, occasion, situation, state Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (topical): Philosophy, Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-causa-la-noun-kR~XAW5T Disambiguation of Philosophy: 24 10 20 10 11 11 3 11 Disambiguation of Rhetoric: 9 13 11 12 37 7 5 6 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 22 11 20 11 12 9 11 4
  6. (figuratively) justification, explanation Tags: declension-1, feminine, figuratively Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-causa-la-noun-XmqVElKE Disambiguation of Philosophy: 24 10 20 10 11 11 3 11
  7. (Medieval Latin) thing Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-causa-la-noun-XelNaRrj Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 22 11 20 11 12 9 11 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caussa (english: used by Cicero and a little after him) Derived forms: accūsō, causārius, causidicus, causor, causula, excūsō, incūsō, recūsō

Postposition

IPA: /ˈkau̯.sa/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkäu̯s̠ä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈkau̯.sa/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈkäːu̯sä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: causā [canonical]
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-ola|caussa}} Old Latin caussa, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kaussā}} Proto-Italic *kaussā, {{unk|la|title=unknown}} unknown, {{cog|la|cudo||I strike}} Latin cudo (“I strike”), {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|ett|𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀}} Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa) Head templates: {{head|la|postposition|+ genitive|head=causā}} causā (+ genitive)
  1. for the sake of, on account of Tags: with-genitive Categories (topical): Philosophy Derived forms: dicis causā, in causā sum, sine causā
    Sense id: en-causa-la-postp-nBrgvTUQ Disambiguation of Philosophy: 24 10 20 10 11 11 3 11 Categories (other): Latin terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caussa (english: used by Cicero and a little after him)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "(The union of Dido and Aeneas begets tragedy.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.169–170",
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      "ipa": "[ˈkäu̯s̠ä]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkau̯.sa/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäːu̯sä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "word": "caussa"
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      "text": "Dalmatian:"
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      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
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    {
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      "text": "→ Sardinian: cosa"
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        {
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        {
          "args": {
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Guardia Piemontese"
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        {
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    {
      "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": "mwl",
            "2": "cousa"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: cousa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: cousa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "cousa"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cousa\nFala: coixa, coixha\nGalician: cousa\nPortuguese: coisa (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cousa\nFala: coixa, coixha\nGalician: cousa\nPortuguese: coisa (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": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ber",
            "2": "taɣawsa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Berber: taɣawsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Berber: taɣawsa"
    },
    {
      "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",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I strike"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cudo (“I strike”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 10 20 10 11 11 3 11",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Philosophy",
          "orig": "la:Philosophy",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäu̯s̠ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "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",
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Law",
    "la:Logic",
    "la:Philosophy",
    "la:Rhetoric"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "accūsō"
    },
    {
      "word": "causārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "causidicus"
    },
    {
      "word": "causor"
    },
    {
      "word": "causula"
    },
    {
      "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",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I strike"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cudo (“I strike”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "Latin terms with collocations",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "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-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäu̯s̠ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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 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",
    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "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": "mwl",
            "2": "cousa"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: cousa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: cousa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "cousa"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cousa\nFala: coixa, coixha\nGalician: cousa\nPortuguese: coisa (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cousa\nFala: coixa, coixha\nGalician: cousa\nPortuguese: coisa (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": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ber",
            "2": "taɣawsa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Berber: taɣawsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Berber: taɣawsa"
    },
    {
      "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",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I strike"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cudo (“I strike”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "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 collocations"
      ],
      "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-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäu̯s̠ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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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