Adjective
Pertaining to aetiology; assigning a cause.
Source: Webster's dictionaryetiological agent Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet