Full Idea
Aitia / aition: cause, explanation
Gist of Idea
Aitia / aition: cause, explanation
Source
PG (Db (lexicon) [c.1001 BCE], 03)
A Reaction
The consensus is that 'explanation' is the better translation, and hence that the famous Four Causes (in 'Physics') must really be understood as the Four Modes of Explanation. They then make far more sense.