αἰτιολογία

A. a giving the cause of a thing, Democr. 118, Aenesid. ap. S.E. P. 1.181, Phld. D. 1.10, A.D. Conj. 231.16; ἡ περὶ τῶν μετεώρων αἰ. Epicur. Ep. 2p.42U.