Meaning of causa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. cause, reason
   declension-1, feminine
2. for the sake of, on account of
   with-genitive
3. case, claim, contention
   declension-1, feminine
4. cause, judicial process, lawsuit
   declension-1, feminine
5. motive, reason, pretext, inducement, motivation
   declension-1, feminine
6. condition, occasion, situation, state
   declension-1, feminine
7. justification, explanation
   declension-1, feminine, figuratively
8. thing
   Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“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.

“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.)

“SĪMŌ: Nē haec quidem / satis vehemēns causa ad objūrgandum.”

SIMO: Even this was not a strong enough reason to reprimand [my son].

“urbis causā”

for the sake of the city

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