The corpus record — Latin

causatio

causatio · f

A pretext

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Where it lives

De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 1 · 2.56/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
Res Gestae 5 · 0.39/10k
Adversus Marcionem 2 · 0.24/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

causātĭo — Lewis & Short

causātĭo, ōnis, f.causa, II. C. (postclass.).

I A pretext, an excuse, apology, plea, Cod. Th. 3, 5, 2; Tert. ad Marc. 5, 20: aegri corporis, Gell. 20, 1, 30.—

II A disease: rara, Pall. 1, 4, 1.

In the wild

causatione Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 5.20
causatione Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.5.12
causatio Tertullian, De Corona 11
causatione Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 31.4.13
causatione Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 29.6.3
causatio Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 20.1.30

6 of 13 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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