aetiological
Adjective
Meaning
Pertaining to aetiology; assigning a cause.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
etiological
aetiologic
etiologic
cause
philosophy
trigger
causative
precipitating
initiating
triggering
etiologically
pain-inducing
Related terms
Examples
etiological agent
Although the Aeneid casts itself firmly into the epic mode, it often seeks to expand the genre by including elements of other genres such as tragedy and aetiological poetry.
Like the Metamorphoses, the Fasti was to be a long poem and emulated aetiological poetry by writers like Callimachus and, more recently, Propertius and his fourth book.