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αἰτιο-λογέω

aitiologeo

inquire into causes, reason, account for

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

αἰτιο-λογέω · aitio-logeō — LSJ

inquire into causes, reason, account for, the cause resides in

inquire into causes, reason, account for, ὑπὲρ τῶν μετεώρων Epicur. Ep. 1p.31U., cf. Diocl. Fr. 112, Plot. 6.7.3, Plu. QConv. 2.689b; τὸ ζητούμενον Aenesid. ap. S.E. P. 1.181, cf. Demetr.Lac. 1012.68:— Pass., ἐκ τοῦ συνδέσμου ᾐτιολογημένον ἐστίν the conjunction indicates that the cause resides in . ., A.D. Conj. 235.9.

In the wild

αἰτιολογοῦντες · aitiologountes Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9016)
αἰτιολογεῖ · aitiologei Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7746)
αἰτιολογῶν · aitiologōn Plotinus, Enneads 6.7 (DIORISIS sentence 5728)

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