“case” in Latin

covering, etc., theca (general term; e.g., of a razor): vagina (sheath, for a long cutting or sticking instrument): involucrum (wrapper, covering; e.g., of a shield, papers, etc.).

State of things, casus (but always in the meaning of accidental circumstance, casualty, etc.: hence “in such a case” must not be hoc casu, in hoc casu): res (thing, circumstance, etc.; especially of the happening, etc., of a case): causa (special case that is also a cause or ground; as in Cic., Off., 3. 12. 50, incidunt saepe causae, cum repugnare utilitas honestati videtur): locus (a position, a consideration, a portion of a whole subject, as in cui loco - consulite ac providete, Cic., 1 Verr., 15, 43): tempus: occasio (occasion; state of things at any time). I have often been in this case, aliquoties eandem rem expertus sum; aliquoties idem mihi accidit (evenit): the case often occurs, res saepe accidit, usu venit; that, etc., saepe accidit, ut, etc.: if the case should occur, si usus veniat or venerit; si quando usus esset; si casus inciderit (only Planc., in Cic.., Ep., 10, 21, 13): (special) cases often occur, etc., saepe incidunt causae or tempora: the case may occur, fieri potest, usu venire potest: the case can not occur, non potest accidere tempus; this was seldum the case, hoc raro incidebat. In any case, utcunque res ceciderit (however it may turn out): certe: profecto (at all events): in case of necessity, si quid facto opus esset (εἴ τι δέοι; Vid: Caes., B.G., 1, 42): in an urgent case, in a case of extreme necessity, necessario tempore (Caes., B.G., 7, 40, med.). In good case (fat, well-liking), nitidus, pinguis, etc. To be in good case, nitere, nitidum, or pinguem esse: to be prepared for every possible case, ad omnem eventum, or ad omnes casus paratum esse: in anybody’s case, in aliquo (e.g., in the case of the Nervii, in Nerviis): in no case, neutiquam: omnino non: nullo modo: nullam in partem: to find one’s self in such a case, in ea esse conditione: in the same case, in eadem esse conditione: if I were in that case, isto loco si essem: his is a different case, who, etc., alia causa est ejus, qui, etc.: that is not the case, that is another case, alia res est; aliud est: is not this the case in every nation? an hoc non ita fit in omni populo? To suppose a case, or the case, fingere; facere; ponere: let us suppose the case, that, etc., fingamus (faciamus, etc.) rem ita esse. Supposing the case that, quo (hoc) posito (not posito only).

In case that (= “on the supposition that”; “if”), si, also si est, ut, etc. (Vorst., De Lat., falso susp.): si forte: even in case, etc., etiam si (καὶ εἰ: etiamsi = εἰ καί).

In grammar, casus. For particular cases, Vid. NONIMINATIVE, etc.

Medical case, morbus; aegrotatio: causa (technical term in medicine).

Judicial case, causa.

CASES OF CONSCIENCE, quaestiones de moribus: *officia hominis Christiani in locis dusiis. To determine cases of conscience, *explicare quaestiones de moribus: *officia hominis Christiani in locis dubiis dijudicare.

condere, recondere aliquid in aliquem rem (to put it into for the purpose of keeping it there; e.g., gladium in vaginam recondere, also gladium condere only): tegere (general term for cover): obtegere: contegere: integere: protegere (cover over): obducere aliquid alicui rei (to draw one thing over another; to coat one thing with another). To be cased with a bark, obduci cortice. Nature has cased the eye with membranes, natura oculos membranis sepsit et munivit. A column cased with gold, columna extrinsecus Inaurata (Cic.).