548 The predication is sometimes implied, or merely indicated by the order, where it must in English be expressed (cp. 552 d):

Διὰ τὸ χειροπλήθεσι τοῖς λίθοις σφενδονᾶν because the stones used in their slings were big enough to fill the hand. AN. III. 3, 17. ἀνειμένῃ τῇ διατῃ by their mode of life being more relaxed, i. e., because their mode of life was more relaxed. T. I. 6. διὰ τὴν ληστείᾱν ἐπὶ πολὺ ἀντισχοῦσαν because piracy had prevailed widely. T. I. 7.