verbfirst conjugation, deponent
causor
causor (present infinitive causārī, perfect active causātus sum)
Classical[ˈkau̯.sɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaːu̯.sor]
Meaning
- deponentto plead, dispute, debate
- deponentto pretend
- deponentto cause
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ut causam praetendōcausor -ārī — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 20
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | causor | causābar | causābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | causāris causāre | causābāris causābāre | causāberis causābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | causātur | causābātur | causābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | causāmur | causābāmur | causābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | causāminī | causābāminī | causābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | causantur | causābantur | causābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | causer | causārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | causēris causēre | causārēris causārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | causētur | causārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | causēmur | causārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | causēminī | causārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | causentur | causārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | causāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | causāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | causātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | causātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | causantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | causārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | causātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | causātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | causāns | — |
| perfect participle | causātus causāta, causātā, causātae, causātam, causātārum, causātās, causāte, causātī, causātīs, causātō, causātōrum, causātōs | — |
| future participle | causātūrus causātūra, causātūrā, causātūrae, causātūram, causātūrārum, causātūrās, causātūre, causātūrī, causātūrīs, causātūrō, causātūrōrum, causātūrōs, causātūrum | causandus causanda, causandā, causandae, causandam, causandārum, causandās, causande, causandīs, causandōrum, causandōs |
gerundcausandī, causandō, causandumsupinecausātum, causātū
causor (causs-), ātus, 1, v. n. and
I. trans. [causa].
I. In the ante-class. per., to plead, dispute concerning a subject, to discuss it for and against, to debate a question, Pac., Att., and Afran. ap. Non. p. 89, 11 sq.—
II. Since the Aug. per. (in Ciceronian Lat. the word is not used), to give as a reason (a real, and more freq. a feigned one) for something, to make a pretext of, to pretend, to plead.
(a). With acc.:
multa, Lucr. 1, 398: aves aut omina dira, Tib. 1, 3, 17 sq.: omina Visaque, Ov. M. 9, 768: nec freta pressurus tumidos causabitur Euros, id. Am. 1, 9, 13: stultus uterque locum immeritum causatur inique: in culpā est animus. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 12: ipse valetudinem excusans, patre animi quoque ejus haud mirabilem interturbationem causante, Liv. 23, 8, 7; 3, 64, 2; 36, 10, 13: negotia, Tac. A. 1, 47 fin.: valetudinem, id. H. 3, 59 fin.: adversam patris voluntatem, id. A. 13, 44: diei tempus, Curt. 4, 16, 18 al.— (g). With acc. and inf., Liv. 5, 15, 6; 28, 35, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Ner. 49; Curt. 6, 5, 31; Gell. 18, 4, 9. —
(d). With quod:
causatus in utroque, quod hic non esset secutus, etc., Suet. Calig. 23; Dig. 16, 3, 3.—(ε) With inf.: causari accipere rationes, to avoid by a pretence, Dig. 40, 7, 34, § 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
causor ātus, ārī, dep.
causa, to allege as a reason, make a pretext of, plead, pretend: omnia Visaque, O.: locum inmeritum, H.: animi perturbationem, L.: negotia, Ta.: numquid causare quin abeas victus? have you anything to plead? causatus consulere velle, pretending, L.: Causando in longum ducis amores, you make pretexts for putting off, V.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*kaussā
- Old Latincaussa
- Latincausor
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin causor From causa + -ō.
Descendants
- Frenchcauser
- Englishcausefrom Old French causer
- Portuguesecausar
- Mauritian Creolekozefrom French causer
- Yolacazedfrom Old French causer
- East Central Germankoose
- German Low Germankoose