Lewis Short
(adjective) : causātīvus, a, um, causa.
* Causative: vis,Mart. Cap. 7, § 731.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary