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.