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casus

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See also: casûs, ĉasus, and Casus

English

Noun

casus

  1. (logic, philosophy, obsolete) A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑːˈsus], [d͡zɑːˈsus]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧sus
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

casus (definite accusative casusu, plural casuslar)

  1. spy

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information nominative, singular ...
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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cāsus (chance, event), the past participle of cadō (to fall, happen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaː.zʏs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧sus

Noun

casus m (plural casussen or casus, diminutive casusje n)

  1. (law) a legal case
    Synonyms: rechtzaak, zaak
  2. a case, occurrence, instance, especially used for a case study, reference or teaching example
    Synonym: geval
  3. (grammar) a case, (instance of) grammatical case
    Synonym: naamval
  4. a coincidence
    Synonym: toeval

Descendants

  • Dutch: c.q.
  • Indonesian: kasus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cassus (regular Republican spelling)

Etymology

From cāssus with regular degemination after a long vowel, for cadō (to fall, happen) + -tus (action noun suffix), from Proto-Italic *kadō, Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (to fall). The grammatical sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis) (whence also calqued Old Church Slavonic падежь (padežĭ) (Russian паде́ж (padéž)), German Fall).

Pronunciation

Noun

cāsus m (genitive cāsūs); fourth declension

  1. a fall, downwards movement
  2. accident, chance
  3. an event, happening, occurrence
  4. misfortune, disaster, destruction, accident
    Synonyms: plāga, incommodum, dētrīmentum, clādēs, interitus, perniciēs, exitium, vulnus, calamitās, incommoditās, pestis, īnfortūnium, cruciātus, miseria, malum, nūbēs
    Antonyms: commodum, commoditās
    • L. Annaeus Seneca, Hercules, line 328:
      quem saepe trānsiit cāsus, aliquandō invenit.
      he who oft has shunned misfortune meets at last his fate.
  5. (grammar) A case, termination

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • casus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • casus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "casus", 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)
  • casus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere
    • by some chance or other: nescio quo casu (with Indic.)
    • the changes and chances of this life: ancipites et varii casus
    • to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse
    • to experience the ups and downs of life: multis casibus iactari
    • to be prepared for all that may come: ad omnes casus subsidia comparare
    • to prepare oneself for all contingencies: ad omnes casus se comparare
    • to foresee political events long before: longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae (De Amic. 12. 40)
    • (ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: res ad extremum casum perducta est
  • casus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • casus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.zus/
  • Rhymes: -azus
  • Syllabification: ca‧sus

Noun

casus m inan

  1. (law) alternative spelling of kazus

Declension

Further reading

  • casus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • casus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جاسوس (casus), from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs).

Pronunciation

Noun

casus (definite accusative casusu, plural casuslar)

  1. spy
    Synonym: ajan

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

  • casusluk

See also

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Zazaki

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs).

Pronunciation

Noun

casus (plural -i)

  1. spy

See also

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