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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

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

  • καὶ ἔσῃ ἐκεῖ ἐν αἰνίγματι καὶ παραβολῇ καὶ διηγήματι ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν, εἰσ οὓσ ἂν ἀπαγάγῃ σε Κύριοσ ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:37)
  • τοὺσ τῶν τεχνυδρίων φιλοσόφουσ τοῖσ ἐν ταῖσ ἑστιάσεσιν ἔφη ἐπαμφοτερίζουσιν ἐοικέναι καὶ τῷ τῶν παίδων αἰνίγματι τῷ περὶ τοῦ εὐνούχου τῆσ βολῆσ πέρι τῆσ νυκτερίδοσ, ᾧ καὶ ἐφ’ οὗ αὐτὸν αὐτὴν αἰνίττονται βαλεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 76 2:1)
  • ἔτι δὲ οὐ πόρρωθεν δεῖ ἀλλ’ ἐκ τῶν συγγενῶν καὶ τῶν ὁμοειδῶν μεταφέρειν <ἐπὶ> τὰ ἀνώνυμα ὠνομασμένωσ ὃ λεχθὲν δῆλόν ἐστιν ὅτι συγγενέσ οἱο͂ν ἐν τῷ αἰνίγματι τῷ εὐδοκιμοῦντι ἄνδρ’ εἶδον πυρὶ χαλκὸν ἐπ’ ἀνέρι κολλήσαντα· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 2 12:1)
  • τοῖσ ἐν ταῖσ ἑστιάσεσιν, ἔφη, ἐπαμφοτερίζουσιν ἐοίκεν, καὶ τῷ τῶν παίδων αἰνίγματι τῷ περὶ τοῦ εὐνούχου, τῆσ βολῆσ πέρι τῆσ νυκτερίδοσ, ᾧ καὶ ἐφ’ οὗ αὐτὸν αὐτὴν αἰνίττονται βαλεῖν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 6)
  • αἰνίγματι γάρ τινι ἐοίκεν. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 162:3)

Synonyms

  1. riddle

  2. taunt

  3. ambush

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