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αιτία
cause /eˈti.a/
nounA2#880 most common
Also: reason, fault, blame, charge, accusation (legal)
Example sentences
Ποια είναι η αιτία;
What is the cause?
Αυτή είναι η αιτία του προβλήματος.
This is the cause of the problem.
Η αιτία της καθυστέρησης ήταν η κίνηση στον δρόμο.
The cause of the delay was the traffic on the road.
Οι γιατροί προσπαθούν να βρουν την αιτία της ασθένειας.
The doctors are trying to find the cause of the illness.
Οι αιτίες της οικονομικής κρίσης είναι πολλές και σύνθετες.
The causes of the economic crisis are many and complex.
Η κοινωνική ανισότητα θεωρείται συχνά η βαθύτερη αιτία των πολιτικών αναταραχών.
Social inequality is often considered the deepest cause of political unrest.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | αιτία | αιτίες |
| Genitive | αιτίας | αιτιών |
| Accusative | αιτία | αιτίες |
| Vocative | αιτία | αιτίες |
Word family
αίτιοςresponsible, being the cause
αιτιολογίαjustification, reasoning, etiology
αναίτιοςinnocent, without cause
αιτιώδηςcausal
αιτιατικήthe accusative (grammatical case)
Etymology
Modern Greek αιτία descends essentially unchanged from Ancient Greek αἰτία ('responsibility, charge, cause'), an abstract noun built on the adjective αἴτιος ('responsible, culpable, being the cause'). Its deeper origin is uncertain: some etymologists (e.g. Beekes) tentatively link the αἰτ-/αἶσα family to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to give, allot', but this is debated and not secure. Since antiquity the word has carried the twin senses of legal 'blame/accusation' and abstract 'cause'.
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