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αἴνιγμα?

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration: ainigma

Principal Part: αἴνιγμα αἰνίγματος

Structure: αἰνιγματ (Stem)

Sense

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

Declension

Third declension

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

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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