causula

causula

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *kaussā
Old Latin caussa
Latin causa
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ula
Latin causula

    From causa (“case, claim”) + -ula.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    causula f (genitive causulae); first declension

    1. a petty lawsuit

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative causula causulae
    genitive causulae causulārum
    dative causulae causulīs
    accusative causulam causulās
    ablative causulā causulīs
    vocative causula causulae

    References

    • “causula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “causula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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