causor
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
causor: (causs-), ātus, 1, v. n. and
I trans. causa.
I In the ante-class. per., to plead, dispute concerning a subject, to discuss it for and against, to debate a question, Pac., Att., and Afran. ap. Non. p. 89, 11 sq.—
II Since the Aug. per. (in Ciceronian Lat. the word is not used), to give as a reason (a real, and more freq. a feigned one) for something, to make a pretext of, to pretend, to plead.
(a) With acc.: multa, Lucr. 1, 398: aves aut omina dira, Tib. 1, 3, 17 sq.: omina Visaque, Ov. M. 9, 768: nec freta pressurus tumidos causabitur Euros, id. Am. 1, 9, 13: stultus uterque locum immeritum causatur inique: in culpā est animus. Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 12: ipse valetudinem excusans, patre animi quoque ejus haud mirabilem interturbationem causante, Liv. 23, 8, 7; 3, 64, 2; 36, 10, 13: negotia, Tac. A. 1, 47 fin.: valetudinem, id. H. 3, 59 fin.: adversam patris voluntatem, id. A. 13, 44: diei tempus, Curt. 4, 16, 18 al.—
(b) Absol.: causando nostros in longum ducis amores, Verg. E. 9, 56.—
(g) With acc. and inf., Liv. 5, 15, 6; 28, 35, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Ner. 49; Curt. 6, 5, 31; Gell. 18, 4, 9. —
(d) With quod: causatus in utroque, quod hic non esset secutus, etc., Suet. Calig. 23; Dig. 16, 3, 3.—（ε) With inf.: causari accipere rationes, to avoid by a pretence, Dig. 40, 7, 34, § 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
causor¹² (caussor, Rufin. Aqu. Recogn. 1, 55 ), ātus sum, ārī (causa ), tr., prétexter, alléguer : adversam patris voluntatem causari Tac. Ann. 13, 44, alléguer l’opposition de son père ; numquid causare quin *Cic. Com. 41, as-tu qqch. à alléguer pour empêcher que...? || [avec prop. inf.] causatus hiemem instare Liv. 36, 10, 12, prétextant l’approche de l’hiver, cf. 28, 35, 2 ; [av. quod ] causatus quod hic non esset secutus Suet. Cal. 23, 3, donnant comme prétexte qu’il ne l’avait pas suivi || s’excuser de refuser : Papin. Dig. 40, 7, 34 || objecter : Salv. Gub. 3, 2. actif causare Cassiod. *Orth. 7, 149 || sens passif Firm. Math. 8, 27 ; Tert. Marc. 2, 25.
