casus
Azerbaijani[edit]
Other scripts | ||
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Cyrillic | ҹасус | |
Latin | casus | |
Perso-Arabic | جاسوس |
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
casus (definite accusative casusu, plural casuslar)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
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nominative | casus | casuslar |
definite accusative | casusu | casusları |
dative | casusa | casuslara |
locative | casusda | casuslarda |
ablative | casusdan | casuslardan |
definite genitive | casusun | casusların |
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin cāsus (“chance, event”), the past participle of cadō (“to fall, happen”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
casus m (plural casussen or casus, diminutive casusje n)
- (law) A legal case.
- A case, occurrence, instance, especially used for a case study, reference or teaching example.
- Synonym: geval
- (grammar) A case, (instance of) grammatical case.
- Synonym: naamval
- A coincidence.
- Synonym: toeval
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: kasus
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From cāssus with regular degemination after a long vowel, for cadō (“to fall, happen”) + -tus (“action noun suffix”), from Proto-Italic *kadō, Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”). The grammatical sense is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis).
Alternative forms[edit]
- cassus (regular Republican spelling)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cāsus m (genitive cāsūs); fourth declension
- a fall, downwards movement
- accident, chance
- an event, happening, occurrence
- misfortune, disaster, accident
- (grammar) A case, termination
Declension[edit]
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cāsus | cāsūs |
Genitive | cāsūs | cāsuum |
Dative | cāsuī | cāsibus |
Accusative | cāsum | cāsūs |
Ablative | cāsū | cāsibus |
Vocative | cāsus | cāsūs |
Hyponyms[edit]
- grammar: [casus] nōminātīvus, genitīvus/genetīvus, datīvus, accūsātīvus, ablātīvus, vocātīvus, locātīvus, īnstrumentālis
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Casus f sg (genitive Casī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Casus |
Genitive | Casī |
Dative | Casō |
Accusative | Casum |
Ablative | Casō |
Vocative | Case |
Locative | Casī |
Etymology 3[edit]
Unknown, but presumably via Ancient Greek. Compare the second element in Καύκασος (Kaúkasos) as well as Caspius. Mentioned only by Pliny (Naturalis Historia 6.39.7).
Proper noun[edit]
Casus m sg (genitive Casī); second declension
- Casus (a river in Caucasian Albania)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Casus |
Genitive | Casī |
Dative | Casō |
Accusative | Casum |
Ablative | Casō |
Vocative | Case |
Further reading[edit]
- casus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- casus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- casus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- casus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere
- by some chance or other: nescio quo casu (with Indic.)
- the changes and chances of this life: ancipites et varii casus
- to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse
- to experience the ups and downs of life: multis casibus iactari
- to be prepared for all that may come: ad omnes casus subsidia comparare
- to prepare oneself for all contingencies: ad omnes casus se comparare
- to foresee political events long before: longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae (De Amic. 12. 40)
- (ambiguous) affairs are desperate; we are reduced to extremeties: res ad extremum casum perducta est
- to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere
- casus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- casus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish جاسوس (casus), from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
casus (definite accusative casusu, plural casuslar)
Declension[edit]
See also[edit]
Zazaki[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic جَاسُوس (jāsūs).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Northern Zazaki) IPA(key): [dzɑˈsus]
- (Southern Zazaki) IPA(key): [dʒɑˈsus]
- Hyphenation: ca‧sus
Noun[edit]
casus m (plural -i)
See also[edit]
- Azerbaijani terms borrowed from Arabic
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Arabic
- Azerbaijani terms with IPA pronunciation
- Azerbaijani terms with audio links
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch indeclinable nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Law
- nl:Grammar
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d-
- Latin words suffixed with -tus (action noun)
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin semantic loans from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin fourth declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension
- la:Grammar
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin feminine nouns
- Latin singularia tantum
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the second declension
- Latin terms with unknown etymologies
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Zazaki terms borrowed from Arabic
- Zazaki terms derived from Arabic
- Zazaki terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zazaki lemmas
- Zazaki nouns
- Zazaki masculine nouns