causativus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

causātīvus, a, um, adj. [causa].

I Causative : vis, Mart. Cap. 7, § 731.—

II Of or pertaining to a lawsuit; subst. : causativum litis, the matter in dispute , the gist of the action , Mart. Cap. 5, § 472; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 1, 2; Jul. Vict. Art. Rhet. 1, 2; 3, 8.—

III In gram.: causativus casus = accusativus, the accusative , i. e. the arraigning case, Prisc. p. 671 P.; cf. persona, i. e. the first person , id. p. 821 ib.