etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale; accounting for &c v.;
palaetiology1, imputation, derivation from.
filiation†, affiliation; pedigree &c (paternity) 166.
explanation &c (interpretation) 522; reason why &c (cause) 153.
V. attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to,
trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on,
ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father
upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason &c 153; theorize;
tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse.
Adj. attributed &c v.; attributable &c v.; referable to, referrible to†,
due to, derivable from; owing to &c (effect) 154; putative; ecbatic†.
Adv. hence, thence, therefore, for, since, on account of, because,
owing to; on that account; from this cause, from that cause; thanks to,
forasmuch as; whence, propter hoc [Lat.].
why? wherefore? whence? how comes it, how is it, how happens it?
how does it happen? in some way, in some such way; somehow, somehow or
other.
Phr. that is why; hinc illae lachrymae [Lat.] [Horace].