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“causa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“causa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“causa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“causa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“causa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
causa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
causa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
on the spur of the moment: temporis causa
to make not the slightest effort; not to stir a finger: manum non vertere alicuius rei causa
my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter: res meae meliore loco, in meliore causa sunt
my circumstances have not altered: eadem est causa mea or in eadem causa sum
to quote as a reason; give as excuse: causam afferre
for valid reasons: iustis decausis
cogent, decisive reasons: magnae (graves) necessariae causae
on good grounds; reasonably: non sine causa
how came it that...: quid causae fuit cur...?
the motive, cause, is to be found in..: causa posita est in aliqua re
the motive, cause, is to be found in..: causa repetenda est ab aliqua re (not quaerenda)
I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
to interpose, put forward an argument, a reason: causam interponere or interserere
to find a suitable pretext: causam idoneam nancisci
under the pretext, pretence of..: per causam (with Gen.)
cause and effect: causae rerum et consecutiones
extraneous causes: causae extrinsecus allatae (opp. in ipsa re positae)
concatenation, interdependence of causes: rerum causae aliae ex aliis nexae
to leave the question open; to refuse to commit oneself: integrum (causam integram) sibi reservare
to be favourably disposed towards: alicuius causavelle or cupere
to speak of some one respectfully: honoris causa aliquem nominare or appellare
for one's own diversion; to satisfy a whim: voluptatis or animi causa (B. G. 5. 12)
in memory of..: memoriae causa, ad (not in) memoriam (Brut. 16. 62)
to cite a person or a thing as an example: aliquem (aliquid) exempli causaponere, proferre, nominare, commemorare
a digression, episode: quod ornandi causa additum est
for political reasons: rei publicaecausa (Sest. 47. 101)
to embrace the cause of..., be a partisan of..: alicuius partes (causam) or simply aliquem sequi
the aristocracy (as a party in politics): boni cives, optimi, optimates, also simply boni (opp. improbi); illi, qui optimatium causam agunt
to take up the cause of the people, democratic principles: causam popularem suscipere or defendere
to be a leading spirit of the popular cause: populi causam agere
to hold an inquiry into a matter: aliquid, causam cognoscere
without any examination: incognita causa (cf. sect. XV. 3, indicta causa)
a civil case: causa privata
a criminal case: causa publica (Brut. 48. 178)
to conduct a person's case (said of an agent, solicitor): causam alicuius agere (apud iudicem)
to address the court (of the advocate): causam dicere, orare (Brut. 12. 47)
to defend oneself before the judge (of the accused): causam dicere
to defend a person: causam dicere pro aliquo
to conduct some one's defence in a case: causam alicuius defendere
to have a good case: causam optimam habere (Lig. 4. 10)
to gain a weak case by clever pleading: causam inferiorem dicendo reddere superiorem (λόγον κρείττω ποιειν) (Brut. 8. 30)
counsel; advocate: patronus(causae) (De Or. 2. 69)
to undertake a case: causam suscipere
to undertake a case: ad causam aggredi or accedere
without going to law: indicta causa (opp. cognita causa)
to win a case: causam or litem obtinere
to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere
to decide on the conduct of the case: iudicare causam (de aliqua re)
^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “100-01”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page causa