αἴνιγμα
Third declension Noun; Neuter
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
αἴνιγμα
αἰνίγματος
Structure:
αἰνιγματ
(Stem)
Sense
- riddle
- taunt
- Obscure method of communication
- 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.
- ΚΑΙ βασίλισσα Σαβὰ ἤκουσε τὸ ὄνομα Σαλωμὼν καὶ ἦλθε τοῦ πειράσαι Σαλωμὼν ἐν αἰνίγμασιν εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν δυνάμει βαρείᾳ σφόδρα καὶ κάμηλοι αἴρουσαι ἀρώματα εἰσ πλῆθοσ καὶ χρυσίον καὶ λίθον τίμιον καὶ ἦλθε πρὸσ Σαλωμὼν καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸσ αὐτὸν πάντα, ὅσα ἦν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 9:1)
- συνεῖναι μὲν γὰρ εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν ὀξύσ ἐστι καὶ λεπτογνώμων, ὥσ φασιν οἱ ἄμεινον τὰ τῶν Στωϊκῶν εἰδότεσ, λέγων δὲ καὶ ἑρμηνεύων ὑπ’ ἀσθενείασ διαφθείρει αὐτὰ καὶ συγχεῖ, οὐκ ἀποσαφῶν ὅ τι βούλεται ἀλλὰ αἰνίγμασιν ἐοικότα προτείνων καὶ πάλιν αὖ πολὺ ἀσαφέστερα πρὸσ τὰσ ἐρωτήσεισ ἀποκρινόμενοσ· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 27:4)
- ἀνακαλύψω γὰρ λόγουσ, κοὐκέτι παρῳδοῖσ χρησόμεσθ’ αἰνίγμασιν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode 1:2)
- τοῦτο δὲ παρήγγειλε καὶ Πυθαγόρασ αἰνίγμασιν ἅπερ ἐγὼ παραθεὶσ ἐξηγήσομαι· (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 173)
- οὕτωσ οἱ παλαιοὶ πολλοῖσ αἰνίγμασιν ἐχρῶντο καὶ μάλιστα πρὸσ τοὺσ ἱερεῖσ, οἱο͂́ν ἐστι καὶ τὸ τοῦ λαμπτῆροσ, ἐοίκε γὰρ ὁ λαμπτὴρ τῷ περιέχοντι τὴν ψυχὴν σώματι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 722)
Synonyms
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riddle
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taunt
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ambush
