Latin noun
causa
causa, causae f.
causa is a Latin noun. In the 5 analysed lines it was read in, it means “a reason” (once), “cause, reason” (once), “reasons” (once) and “the causes” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from causa to the words it goes with.
Tunc fauce improba latro incitatus iurgii causam intulit.
Then the robber, aroused by his evil hunger, brought about a reason for a quarrel.
causam: object of intulit.
Inde consilium mihi pauca de Augusto et extrema tradere, mox Tiberii principatum et cetera, sine ira et studio, quorum causas procul habeo.
Then it is my plan to relate a few things about Augustus and his final acts, and then Tiberius's principate and the rest, without anger and partisanship, the causes of which I keep far away.
causas: object of habeo.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso, quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores impulerit.
Muse, recall for me the reasons, by what divine will having been offended, or grieving at what, the queen of the gods compelled a man outstanding in piety to undergo so many misfortunes, to approach so many labors.
causas: object of memora.
Qua de causa Helvetii quoque reliquos Gallos virtute praecedunt, quod fere cotidianis…
For this reason, the Helvetii also surpass the rest of the Gauls in courage, because they contend with the Germans in almost daily battles, since they either keep them from their own territory or themselves wage war in their territory.
causa: object of the preposition de; the phrase goes with praecedunt.
Haec propter illos scripta est homines fabula, qui fictis causis innocentes opprimunt.
This fable was written because of those men who oppress the innocent with false accusations.
causis: tells how, where or when about opprimunt.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| causas | Accusative · Plural · Feminine | 2 |
| causa | Ablative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| causam | Accusative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| causis | Ablative · Plural · Feminine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to causa by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.