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===substantive===

[[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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Afrikaans: oorsaak; Arabic: سَبَب; Egyptian Arabic: سبب; South Levantine Arabic: سبب; Armenian: պատճառ; Azerbaijani: səbəb, bais; Bashkir: сәбәп; Basque: kausa; Belarusian: прычына; Bengali: কারণ; Bulgarian: причина, повод; Catalan: causa; Cebuano: kawsa; Chinese Mandarin: [[原因]]; Czech: příčina, důvod; Danish: årsag; Dutch: [[oorzaak]], [[reden]], [[aanleiding]]; Esperanto: kaŭzo; Estonian: alus, ajend, põhjus; Etruscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀; Finnish: syy, juuri, lähde; French: [[cause]], [[raison]]; Galician: causa; Georgian: მიზეზი, საფუძველი; German: [[Ursache]], [[Anlass]], [[Grund]]; Greek: [[αιτία]], [[λόγος]]; Ancient Greek: [[αἰτία]]; Haitian Creole: lakòz; Hebrew: סיבה \ סִבָּה; Hindi: कारण; Hungarian: ok; Icelandic: orsök; Indonesian: kausa, penyebab; Irish: réasún, siocair; Old Irish: accuis; Italian: [[causa]]; Japanese: 原因; Khmer: ហេតុ; Kilivila: uula; Korean: 원인; Kyrgyz: шылтоо; Latin: [[causa]], [[ratio]]; Latvian: iemesls, cēlonis; Lithuanian: priežastis, pagrindas; Luxembourgish: Ursaach; Macedonian: причина; Malay: sebab, pasal; Maori: whakataenga; Norwegian: årsak, grunn; Occitan: causa; Old English: intinga; Persian: سبب; Polish: przyczyna; Portuguese: [[causa]]; Romanian: cauză; Russian: [[причина]], [[основание]]; Sanskrit: हेतु; Scottish Gaelic: adhbhar; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: разлог, у̀зрок; Roman: rázlog, ùzrok; Sicilian: causanza; Slovak: príčina; Slovene: vzrok, razlog; Spanish: [[causa]]; Swedish: orsak, grund; Tagalog: kawsa; Tajik: сабаб; Thai: สาเหตุ; Turkish: sebep, neden; Ukrainian: причина; Urdu: وجہ, سبب, باعث; Uyghur: سەۋەپ, خۇسۇس; Uzbek: sabab; Vietnamese: nguyên nhân; Welsh: achos; West Frisian: oarsaak; Zazaki: sebeb; Zulu: umsuka
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