causor

Latin

Alternative forms

• caussor

Etymology

From causa +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkau̯.sɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaːu̯.sor]

Verb

causor (present infinitive causārī, perfect active causātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to plead, dispute, debate
2. to pretend
3. to cause

Conjugation

   Conjugation of causor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	causor		causāris, causāre		causātur		causāmur		causāminī		causantur
	imperfect	causābar		causābāris, causābāre		causābātur		causābāmur		causābāminī		causābantur
	future	causābor		causāberis, causābere		causābitur		causābimur		causābiminī		causābuntur
	perfect	causātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	causātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	causātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	causer		causēris, causēre		causētur		causēmur		causēminī		causentur
	imperfect	causārer		causārēris, causārēre		causārētur		causārēmur		causārēminī		causārentur
	perfect	causātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	causātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		causāre		—		—		causāminī		—
	future	—		causātor		causātor		—		—		causantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		causārī			—			causāns			—
future		causātūrum esse			—			causātūrus			causandus
perfect		causātum esse			—			causātus			—
future perfect		causātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		causātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		causandī		causandō		causandum		causandō		causātum		causātū

Descendants

• French: causer
• → Portuguese: causar
• → East Central German: koose (High Prussian)
• → German Low German: koose (Low Prussian)

References

• “causor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “causor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “causor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.