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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αἰτία]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[αἴτιον]], τό.

[[occasion]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφορμή]], ἡ.

[[first cause]], [[origin]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀρχή]], ἡ.

[[cause at law]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀγών]], ὁ, [[δίκη]], ἡ.

[[source]], [[root]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πηγή]], ἡ, [[ῥίζα]], ἡ.

[[the cause of]]: use adj., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αἴτιος]] (gen.).

[[of these things I am the cause]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τῶνδ' ἐγὼ παραίτιος]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''Fragment'').

[[joint cause of]]: use adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συναίτιος]] (gen.).

[[from what cause]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκ τίνος λόγου]]; see [[why]].

[[the common cause]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τὸ κοινόν]].

[[make common cause with]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[κοινολογεῖσθαι]] (dat.), [[κοινῷ λόγῳ χρῆσθαι πρός]] (acc.).

[[making common cause with your father]]: [[verse|V.]] [[κοινόφρων πατρί]] ([[Euripides]], ''Ion'', 577).

[[her cause is in the hands of her parents and friends]]: [[verse|V.]] τῇ δ' [[ἐν γονεῦσι καὶ φίλοις τὰ πράγματα]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Andromache]]'' 676).

[[if the cause of the Medes should prevail]]: [[prose|P.]] [[εἰ τὰ τοῦ Μήδου κρατήσειε]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 3, 62).

[[ruin one's cause]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπόλλυμι]], [[ἀπολλύναι τὰ πράγματα]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 8, 75).

===verb transitive===

[[be cause of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αἴτιος εἶναι]] (gen.).

[[produce]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γεννᾶν]], [[τίκτειν]] ([[Plato]]), [[ποιεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[φυτεύειν]], [[τεύχειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπεργάζεσθαι]]; see also [[contrive]].

[[cause to do a thing]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ποιεῖν]] (acc. and infin.).

[[cause a thing to be done]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιμέλεσθαι ὅπως τι γενήσεται]].

[[start]], [[set in motion]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κινεῖν]].
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