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αἰτιολογικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰτιολογικός

Structure: αἰτιολογικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. inquiring into causes, investigation of causes

Examples

  • καὶ οὕτω μὲν εἰδικῶσ, γενικῶσ δ’ εἰσ τρεῖσ τόπουσ, τόν τε περὶ κόσμου καὶ τὸν περὶ τῶν στοιχείων καὶ τρίτον τὸν αἰτιολογικόν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 132:2)
  • τόν τ’ αἰτιολογικὸν εἶναι καὶ αὐτὸν διμερῆ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 133:2)
  • πολὺ γάρ ἐστι τὸ αἰτιολογικὸν παρ’ αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ Ἀριστοτελίζον, ὅπερ ἐκκλίνουσιν οἱ ἡμέτεροι διὰ τὴν ἐπίκρυψιν τῶν αἰτιῶν. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 3 16:13)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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