causavi

Causavi is the Latin verb causare in the first-person singular perfect active indicative. Causare means to cause or bring about. The form causavi is formed from the verb’s present stem causā- plus the perfect suffix -vi, and it represents a completed action in the past. The verb is a regular member of the first-conjugation group.

Principal parts and morphology: The standard principal parts are causare, causavi, causatum. This provides the basis for all tenses: present forms such as causō, causās, causat, causāmus, causātis, causant; the imperfect and other tenses built on the same stem; the perfect form causavi itself; and the supine causātum. The corresponding passive participle is causatus, causata, causatum.

Usage: Causare is transitive and takes a direct object in the accusative to indicate what is caused. Causavi, as the perfect, indicates a completed act of causing. In translation, causavi can be rendered as “I caused” or, depending on context and Latin tense usage, “I have caused.” It is common in historical or narrative Latin for recounting events that someone caused a certain outcome.

Examples:

- Caesar rem causavit. (Caesar caused the matter/event.)

- Ego rem causavi. (I caused the matter.)

Notes: Causavi often appears in conjunction with nouns such as res (thing, matter) or with phrases identifying the outcome or situation brought about. The verb and its forms illustrate the typical pattern of the first conjugation in Latin, with regular endings across the tenses. Related nouns include causa (cause, reason) and causāre, the verbal noun forms derived from the same root.