causula

Latin

Etymology

causa (“case, claim”) +‎ -ula

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.su.la/, [ˈkäu̯s̠ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.su.la/, [ˈkäːu̯sulä]

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