cause (subs.) Copy link Outline I. That which produces an effect1. causaII. A subject of litigation; a legal suit1. causa2. rēs, rĕi, f.3. sacrāmentum (rare; and orig. denoting the deposit made by litigants)III. Side, party, object • cause (subs.): I. That which produces an effect: 1. causa: a c. is that which produces that of which it is the c., c. ea est quae id efficit cujus est c., Cic.: an efficient c., c. efficiens, Cic.: a final c., c. finalis, M. L. 2. mātĕrĭes or mātĕrĭa (material: q. v.): the c. of all evils, materies omnium malorum, Sall.: to give c. for envy, materiam invidiae dare, Cic. Phr.: Trebonius seemed to be the c. of their not getting possession of the town, stetisse per Trebonium quominus oppido potirentur, videbatur, Caes.: he has given you no c. to be angry, nihil fecit quod succenseas, Ter.: I will give him c. to remember me as long as he lives, faciam ut mei semper meminerit, Pl.: I hear that you accuse us all without c., te omnes nos accusare audio immerito, Ter.: Milo is shocked at this, and not without c., hoc horret Milo, neque injuria, Cic.: v. reason, account. II. A subject of litigation; a legal suit: 1. causa: to decide a c. in one's favour, causam alicui adjudicare, Cic.: to abandon a c. (of an advocate), c. affligere, Cic.: private c.s, c. privatae, Cic.: public c.s, c. publicae, Cic.: a c. affecting life or reputation, capitis aut famae c., Cic.: to lose a c., causam perdere, or causā cadere, Cic.: to plead a c., causam dicere, Caes.: Liv.: a petty or unimportant c., causŭla, Cic. 2. rēs, rĕi, f.: to speak about c.s already investigated and decided, de rebus cognitis judicatisque dicere, Cic.: Ulp. 3. sacrāmentum (rare; and orig. denoting the deposit made by litigants): the decemvirs adjudged our c. to be just, decemviri s. nostrum justum judicaverunt, Cic.: v. suit, action. III. Side, party, object: causa: that he might not seem to condemn that c. to which he had attached himself, he came to the camp, ne condemnare c. illam quam secutus esset, videretur, ad castra venit, Cic.: your zeal in the c. was less active, languidiore studio in causa fuistis, Cic.: the c. of the conquerors found favour with the gods, that of the conquered with Cato, victrix c. deis placuit, sed victa Catoni, Lucan. Phr.: to be active in the c. of the oppressed, *circumventos acriter defendere: we will one and all take up arms in our country's c., *pro patria arma capiemus universi.
cause (v.) Copy link Outline 1. făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (foll. by ut, when the object is a sentence)2. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (constr. same as facio3. cūro, 1 (of that which any one orders or secures the doing of4. crĕo, 1 (to make, produce5. mŏveo6. cĭeo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2 (to stir up, excite)7. concĭeo, 2 (stronger than the simple verb) • cause (v.): 1. făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (foll. by ut, when the object is a sentence): I will c. him to remember the day, faciam ut ejus diei meminerit, Pl.: to c. delay, moram f., Cic.: poet. with infin.: you have c.d me to behold the death of my son with my own eyes, nati coram me cernere letum fecisti, Virg.: to c. any one's destruction, perniciem alicui f., Tac. 2. effĭcio, fēci, fectum, 3 (constr. same as facio: also sometimes foll. by ne): this c.d it to be possible for provisions to be brought to him, quae res commeatus ut ad eum portari possent efficiebat, Caes.: Cic.: with inf.: to c. things to unite, res coire eff., Vitr.: v. to bring about. 3. cūro, 1 (of that which any one orders or secures the doing of: with acc. of gerund or gerundive): he c.s a bridge to be made over the Arar, pontem in Arari faciundum curat, Caes.: Cic. 4. crĕo, 1 (to make, produce: q. v.): to c. griefs, aerumnas c., Pl.: to c. luxury, luxuriam c., Cic. 5. mŏveo: v. to excite. 6. cĭeo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2 (to stir up, excite): to c. motions, motus c., Cic.: Plin. 7. concĭeo, 2 (stronger than the simple verb): to c. the tide, aestum c., Lucr.: to c. various emotions of the soul, varios motus animorum c., Tac. Phr.: to c. any one trouble, alicui molestiam exhibere, Cic.: to c. delay, alicui cunctationem injicere, Liv.; Pl.: to c. hatred, odium parere, Ter.: to c. alarm to the enemy, terrorem hosti objicere, Liv.: v. to excite, produce, create.
CAUSE Copy link • CAUSE 1. causa (general term: also “pretence”): fons: origo (source). (The words are found in this connection and order), causa et fons: causa et origo: auctor: effector: princeps (cause when an agent; SYN. in AUTHOR): ansa: materia (occasion, handle for anything); ratio (ground): unde fit aliquid. The sun is the cause of warmth, sol est caloris origo et fons: nothing happens without a cause, nihil evenit sine causa antecedente: he is the cause of the war, ille est auctor or concitator belli: to search for a cause for declaring war, materiam belli quaerere: to give anybody cause for blaming one, ansam dare ad reprehendendum: to have just cause for blaming anybody, ansam reprehensionis habere: to seek for a cause, causam quaerere; materiam alicujus rei quaerere; ansam quaerere ut, etc.; occasionem aliquid faciendi quaerere: to invent or feign causes, causas confingere: to have good cause to do anything, cum causa aliquid facere; non sine gravi causa aliquid facere: without cause, sine causa; temere: not without cause, non temere: for more causes than one, aliquot de causis: for what cause? quamobrem? qua de causa? You have no cause to do anything; or, there is no cause for, etc., non est (or nihil est) quod, or quare, or cur; or nihil est causae, cur; causa non est, cur (verb in subjunctive in all these expressions). What cause have you for ...? quid est causae cur...? or, quid est, cur ...? to give anybody cause for suspicion, suspicionem movere: to be the cause of anything, locum dare or facere alicui rei; i. e., to make its existence possible; e.g., fabulae, roendacio, miraculo: auctorem esse alicujus rei; alicujus rei ordiendae principem esse: occasionem dare or praebere alicujus rei [Vid. CAUSE, v.] . Cause (in law), actio: lis: causa: res [SYN. in ACTION]. A capital cause, causa capitalis: lis capitalis. A criminal cause, causa publica. To gain a cause, litem or causam obtinere: judicium vincere: also only vincere: to lose a cause, litem amittere; causam or litem perdere: causa or lite cadere; formula cadere or excidere: to plead a cause, causam agere or tractare: agere apud judices (general term): causam or litem orare (to make a speech upon it): to plead his own cause, litem suam facere: to undertake a cause, causam, or litem suscipere, or recipere (the former not to refuse when requested; the latter to do it voluntarily): the cause is still undecided, nondum dijudicata lis est (after Hor., Od., 3, 5. 54): adhuc sub judice lis est (Hor., A.P., 78): not to go on with a cause, causam deponere, ab causa recedere; causam susceptam affligere (of the person conducting it). Party, side, Vid: PARTY. 2. v. auctorem esse alicujus rei (to be its author; e.g., legis, belli, alicujus reditus): creare (to produce or create: errorem, bellum): movere (excite, stir up; risum, bellum, suspicionem): ansam dare or praebere alicujus rei or ad aliquid faciendum (to give a handle for; e.g., reprehensionis or ad reprehendendum): alicujus rei ordiendae principem esse: causam alicujus rei inferre (to cause it; give the first occasion of it; e.g., jurgii): occasionem dare or praebere alicujus rei (to supply the opportunity: e.g., sui opprimendi). To cause anybody to do anything, adducere aliquem ad aliquid (lead him to it): commovere aliquem ad aliquid (move him to it): incitare or concitare aliquem ad aliquid (excite him to it): auctorem esse, ut, etc.; aliquem impellere ut, etc. (urge or drive him to it). Excite: be the exciting cause of: excitare: concitare (any action or passion; laughter; hatred; envy; compassion; a war): excire: conciere or concire (in classical prose = “to raise in the mind a passionate impulse to do something;” seldum to produce a passion or evil; e.g., iram conciere, seditionem conciere: terrorem excitare): movere: commovere (to agitate the mind: then, also, to produce an emotion, evil, etc., misericordiam, bellum, seditionem movere or commovere: risum, suspicionem movere): conflare (blow into a flame; kindle: alicui invidiam; bellum): to cause perspiration by exercise, sudorem exercitatione movere: a dispute, controversiam inferre: a quarrel, causam jurgii inferre: admiration, admirationem efficere: a desire, cupiditatem afferre (alicui alicujus rei): pain, dolorem movere, commovere, facere, efficere: to cause anybody lasting pain, dolorem alicui inurere: lusts, libidines excitare: sleep, alicui somnum afferre, parere, conciliaro. [For other combinations, Vid: the substantives with which CAUSE is joined.]