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αἴνιγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴνιγμα αἰνίγματος

Structure: αἰνιγματ (Stem)

Etym.: ai)ni/ssomai

Sense

  1. riddle
  2. taunt
  3. Obscure method of communication
  4. ambush

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative αἴνιγμα αἰνίγματε αἰνίγματα
Genitive αἰνίγματος αἰνιγμάτοιν αἰνιγμάτων
Dative αἰνίγματι αἰνιγμάτοιν αἰνίγμασιν*
Accusative αἴνιγμα αἰνίγματε αἰνίγματα
Vocative αί̓νιγμα αἰνίγματε αἰνίγματα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • νοήσει τε παραβολὴν καὶ σκοτεινὸν λόγον ρήσεισ τε σοφῶν καὶ αἰνίγματα. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 1:6)
  • Φοίβου μ’ ὑπῆλθε δυστόπαστ’ αἰνίγματα. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:29)
  • ἴσωσ ἤδη καὶ ταῦτα γελάσῃ, τὸ παιπάλημα καὶ τὸ κίναδοσ, ὥσπερ τινὰ αἰνίγματα καὶ γρίφουσ ἀκούσασ· (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 29:5)
  • αἰνίγματα λέγεισ, ὦ οὗτοσ, ἢ γρίφουσ συντίθησ; (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 14:12)
  • ὁ δ’ Οἰδίπουσ ποῦ καὶ τὰ κλείν’ αἰνίγματα; (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, iambic 4:18)
  • αἰσχρὰ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ταῦτα φὴσ τὰ περὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ὅμωσ δ’ οὖν, ὦ Μῶμε, τὰ πολλὰ αὐτῶν αἰνίγματά ἐστιν, καὶ οὐ πάνυ χρὴ καταγελᾶν ἀμύητον ὄντα. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. riddle

  2. taunt

  3. ambush

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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