| aetiologia | |
| ae-ti-o-log'-i-a | from Gk. aitia, "a cause" and logos, "a description" |
| Also sp. etiologia | |
| apodeixis; redditio causae, ratiocinatio | |
| etiology,
the reason rend, the tell cause, cause shown |
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A figure of reasoning by which one attributes a cause for a statement or claim made, often as a simple relative clause of explanation. | |
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I mistrust not the judges, for they are just. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. —Romans 1:15-16 |
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| Sources: | Ad Herennium 4.16.23-24 ("ratiocinatio"); Peacham (1577) S4r; Putt. (1589) 236 ("etiologia," "the reason rend," "the tell cause"); Day 1599 95 ("etiologia") | |
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