caussa

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

caussa f (genitive caussae); first declension

  1. Archaic form of causa.

Inflection

First declension.

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

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

Old Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

caussa

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

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

Descendants

References
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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