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"translation": "relatif aux causes",
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"translation": "conformément aux causes",
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"translation": "prétexter, alléguer",
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"translation": "avec plus de raison",
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"word": "causŭla"
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"translation": "excuser",
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"translation": "acuser, incriminer",
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"word": "cause"
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"word": "causa"
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"word": "cosa"
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"word": "cause"
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"lang": "Français",
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"word": "chose"
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"lang": "Italien",
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"word": "causa"
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"word": "cosa"
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"word": "causa"
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"lang": "Portugais",
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"word": "coisa"
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"lang": "Portugais",
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"word": "cousa"
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"Le Dictionnaire étymologique latin explique : On trouve souvent caussa dans les inscriptions. C’était, au témoignage de Quintilien, l’orthographe de Cicéron et de Virgile. Le maintien de l’« s » entre deux voyelles prouve d’ailleurs que causa est pour caussa, autrement il se serait changé en *caura → voir cura qui faisait coisa. Pour des explications détaillées sur le rhotacisme en latin, voir « r » en latin.. Ce mot, qui a fini par prendre un sens très général, puisqu'il a donné nos deux mots français cause et chose, a été à l’origine un terme de droit : causa était l’affaire qu'on plaidait devant le tribunal. De là causari, accusare, etc. II vient probablement de caveo (« être sur ses gardes », « décréter, stipuler, défendre »). Le passage au sens général peut s’observer dans des locutions comme quam ob causam, justis de causis, causam dare alicui, nihil causa habere, mea causa, etc."
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{
"form": "causae",
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"ref": "Cicéron",
"text": "nihil potest evenire nisi causa antecedente",
"translation": "rien ne peut exister sans une cause préexistente."
},
{
"ref": "Virgile",
"text": "causae rerum",
"translation": "causes premières des choses."
}
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"text": "causam bellandi reperire",
"translation": "trouver un prétexte pour faire la guerre."
},
{
"text": "justis de causis",
"translation": "pour de justes raisons."
},
{
"ref": "Virgile",
"text": "quae causa fuit, consurgere in arma Europamque Asiamque",
"translation": "pour quelle raison l'Europe et l'Asie en bloc ont-elles pris les armes ?"
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"text": "causam agere (dicere, orare)",
"translation": "plaider une cause."
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"text": "causam obtinere",
"translation": "gagner son procès, avoir gain de cause."
},
{
"text": "aliquem causā incognitā condemnare",
"translation": "condamner un citoyen sans procès."
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"text": "causa disserendi",
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"text": "in causam descendere",
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"text": "incidunt causae cum...",
"translation": "il y a des cas où..."
},
{
"text": "in eadem causā esse",
"translation": "être dans le même cas, être dans la même situation."
},
{
"ref": "Cicéron",
"text": "suam causam non nosse, alienas facile discere",
"translation": "ne pas connaître sa situation, et se rendre facilement compte de celle des autres."
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"ref": "Nep.",
"text": "causam optimatium agere",
"translation": "suivre le parti de l'aristocratie."
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"ref": "Quintilien",
"text": "in causam plebis inclinare",
"translation": "pencher vers le parti populaire."
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"text": "sontica causa",
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"text": "causam amicitiae cum aliquo habere",
"translation": "avoir des relations d'amitié avec quelqu'un."
},
{
"ref": "Cicéron",
"text": "explicare quae mihi sit causa cum Caesare",
"translation": "expliquer quelles sont mes relations avec César."
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"ref": "Plaute",
"text": "omnis familiae causa consistit tibi",
"translation": "les intérêts de toute ta maison sont compromis."
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"text": "causa bonorum",
"translation": "les biens."
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{
"text": "causa dotis",
"translation": "la dot."
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"text": "verbi causā",
"translation": "par exemple."
},
{
"text": "honoris causā",
"translation": "pour honorer, par honneur."
},
{
"text": "morbi causā",
"translation": "pour cause de maladie."
},
{
"text": "dissimulandi causā",
"translation": "pour dissimuler."
}
],
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"Avec ablatif causā et suivi du génitif = à cause de, en vue de."
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"translation": "qui allègue une excuse",
"word": "causābundus"
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"translation": "relatif aux causes",
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{
"translation": "conformément aux causes",
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"translation": "pour cause de maladie",
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"translation": "malade, infirme, invalide, réformé (soldat)",
"word": "causārĭus"
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{
"translation": "exercer la profession d'avocat",
"word": "causidicor"
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"word": "causidicātĭo"
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"word": "causificor"
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"translation": "prétexter, alléguer",
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{
"translation": "avec plus de raison",
"word": "causatĭus"
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"translation": "occasion, prétexte",
"word": "causātĭo"
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{
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"word": "causŭla"
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{
"translation": "excuser",
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{
"word": "excuso"
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{
"translation": "acuser, incriminer",
"word": "incuso"
},
{
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{
"translation": "récuser, refuser, réfuter",
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{
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"lang": "Anglais",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "cause"
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{
"lang": "Espagnol",
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"word": "causa"
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{
"lang": "Espagnol",
"lang_code": "es",
"word": "cosa"
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{
"lang": "Français",
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"word": "cause"
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"lang": "Français",
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"lang": "Italien",
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"lang": "Italien",
"lang_code": "it",
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"lang": "Portugais",
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"word": "causa"
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{
"lang": "Portugais",
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{
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"Le Dictionnaire étymologique latin explique : On trouve souvent caussa dans les inscriptions. C’était, au témoignage de Quintilien, l’orthographe de Cicéron et de Virgile. Le maintien de l’« s » entre deux voyelles prouve d’ailleurs que causa est pour caussa, autrement il se serait changé en *caura → voir cura qui faisait coisa. Pour des explications détaillées sur le rhotacisme en latin, voir « r » en latin.. Ce mot, qui a fini par prendre un sens très général, puisqu'il a donné nos deux mots français cause et chose, a été à l’origine un terme de droit : causa était l’affaire qu'on plaidait devant le tribunal. De là causari, accusare, etc. II vient probablement de caveo (« être sur ses gardes », « décréter, stipuler, défendre »). Le passage au sens général peut s’observer dans des locutions comme quam ob causam, justis de causis, causam dare alicui, nihil causa habere, mea causa, etc."
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{
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"pos": "noun",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "Cicéron",
"text": "nihil potest evenire nisi causa antecedente",
"translation": "rien ne peut exister sans une cause préexistente."
},
{
"ref": "Virgile",
"text": "causae rerum",
"translation": "causes premières des choses."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Cause, origine, source, principe, occasion."
]
},
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"Exemples en latin"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "causam bellandi reperire",
"translation": "trouver un prétexte pour faire la guerre."
},
{
"text": "justis de causis",
"translation": "pour de justes raisons."
},
{
"ref": "Virgile",
"text": "quae causa fuit, consurgere in arma Europamque Asiamque",
"translation": "pour quelle raison l'Europe et l'Asie en bloc ont-elles pris les armes ?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Raison, motif allégué, prétexte, excuse."
]
},
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"categories": [
"Exemples en latin",
"Lexique en latin du droit"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "causam agere (dicere, orare)",
"translation": "plaider une cause."
},
{
"text": "causam obtinere",
"translation": "gagner son procès, avoir gain de cause."
},
{
"text": "aliquem causā incognitā condemnare",
"translation": "condamner un citoyen sans procès."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Cause, affaire judiciaire, procès, thèse du plaideur."
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
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"Exemples en latin"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "causa disserendi",
"translation": "sujet de controverse."
},
{
"text": "in causam descendere",
"translation": "entrer dans le vif du sujet."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Point débattu, sujet, matière, question, affaire, mission, charge, délégation."
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "incidunt causae cum...",
"translation": "il y a des cas où..."
},
{
"text": "in eadem causā esse",
"translation": "être dans le même cas, être dans la même situation."
},
{
"ref": "Cicéron",
"text": "suam causam non nosse, alienas facile discere",
"translation": "ne pas connaître sa situation, et se rendre facilement compte de celle des autres."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Cas, circonstance, état, situation, condition, position."
]
},
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"Lexique en latin de la politique"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "Nep.",
"text": "causam optimatium agere",
"translation": "suivre le parti de l'aristocratie."
},
{
"ref": "Quintilien",
"text": "in causam plebis inclinare",
"translation": "pencher vers le parti populaire."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Cause d'un homme politique, parti, faction."
],
"topics": [
"politics"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Exemples en latin"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "sontica causa",
"translation": "cas grave, maladie grave."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Cas, maladie (qui sert d'excuse)."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Exemples en latin"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "César",
"text": "causam amicitiae cum aliquo habere",
"translation": "avoir des relations d'amitié avec quelqu'un."
},
{
"ref": "Cicéron",
"text": "explicare quae mihi sit causa cum Caesare",
"translation": "expliquer quelles sont mes relations avec César."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Relation, rapport, liaison."
]
},
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"categories": [
"Exemples en latin"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "Plaute",
"text": "omnis familiae causa consistit tibi",
"translation": "les intérêts de toute ta maison sont compromis."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Intérêt, avantage, utilité, profit."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Exemples en latin"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "causa bonorum",
"translation": "les biens."
},
{
"text": "causa dotis",
"translation": "la dot."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Valeur explétive."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Exemples en latin"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "verbi causā",
"translation": "par exemple."
},
{
"text": "honoris causā",
"translation": "pour honorer, par honneur."
},
{
"text": "morbi causā",
"translation": "pour cause de maladie."
},
{
"text": "dissimulandi causā",
"translation": "pour dissimuler."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Avec ablatif causā et suivi du génitif = à cause de, en vue de."
]
}
],
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{
"word": "res"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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}
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