causa – Latin noun declension

Noun: causa
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension: First

Nominative

Singular	causa
Plural	causae

Genitive

Singular	causae
Plural	causārum

Dative

Singular	causae
Plural	causīs

Accusative

Singular	causam
Plural	causās

Ablative

Singular	causā
Plural	causīs

Vocative

Singular	causa
Plural	causae

Sample Sentences

qua de causa/qua de re/quam ob causam (for this reason/therefore)
Caesar, quod neque conloquium interposita causa tolli volebat neque salutem suam Gallorum equitatui committere audebat, commodissimum esse statuit omnibus equis Gallis equitibus detractis eo legionarios milites legionis X., cui quam maxime confidebat, imponere, ut praesidium quam amicissimum, si quid opus facto esset, haberet. (Caesar, as he didn't want either the interview to be for any reason set aside or confide his wellbeing in the hands of the Gallic cavalry, said he saw as most fit the Gallic horsemen be stripped off their steeds and in their place mount legionaries of the 10th legion, in which he had the utmost faith, that he might have as trusted a body-guard as one could have if the occasion ever urged its use.) [c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.42]
Ille diēs prīmus lētī prīmusque malōrum
causa fuit [...].
That day – a first of death, and onset of misery – it was the cause [of everything]. ((The union of Dido and Aeneas begets tragedy.)) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.169–170]
SĪMŌ: Nē haec quidem / satis vehemēns causa ad objūrgandum. (SIMO: Even this was not a strong enough reason to reprimand [my son].) [166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 149–150]

Nouns inflected like causa

scōria, meschīta, sewera, zōnula, ecclēsia, concurrentia, satira, satura, satyra, sagīna, sagēna, sarīsa, salīva, salīna, sampsa, samara, sacēna, salvia, sabīna, sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Italic *kaussā, further origin unknown. Connected by some to Latin cudo (“to 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). See: Latin Nouns 'cudo'.

Verbs referencing "causa"

English Nouns chose, French Nouns chose, English Nouns cause, French Nouns cause, Catalan Nouns causa, Italian Nouns causa, Spanish Nouns causa, Catalan Nouns cosa, Italian Nouns cosa, Spanish Nouns cosa, English Nouns causal, Old English Nouns ceas, Galician Nouns cousa, Old Portuguese Nouns cousa, Portuguese Nouns coisa, Italian Nouns causale, Galician Nouns couso, Irish Nouns cúis, Romanian Nouns cauză, Middle English Nouns cheste, German Nouns Causa.