αι370Αἴτιον
cause
"The causes [are spoken of] in four ways: as matter, as form, as end, as maker." And of the causes some [are] antecedent, others auxiliary or cooperative, others (?)complete.
Αἴτιον· ὅτι τετραχῶς τὰ αἴτια· ὡς ὕλη, ὡς εἶδος, ὡς τέλος, ὡς ποιητικόν. καὶ τῶν αἰτίων τὰ μὲν προκαταρκτικά, τὰ δὲ συνεργὰ ἢ συναίτια, τὰ δὲ τελικά.