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αἰνιγματώδης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰνιγματώδης αἰνιγματώδες

Structure: αἰνιγματωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. riddling, dark

Examples

  • μηδὲν αἰνιγματῶδεσ,^ ὦ Μῶμε, ἀλλὰ σαφῶσ καὶ διαρρήδην λέγε, προστιθεὶσ καὶ τοὔνομα, νῦν γὰρ ἐσ τὸ μέσον ἀπέρριπταί σοι ὁ λόγοσ, ὡσ πολλοὺσ εἰκάζειν καὶ ἐφαρμόζειν ἄλλοτε ἄλλον τοῖσ λεγομένοισ. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 3:2)
  • Ἀθηναῖοι μὲν γὰρ βέλτιστοι αἰνιγματῶδεσ οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ γράμματοσ ἑνὸσ προσθήκῃ τιμήσαντέσ σε Ἀτίμαρχον ὠνόμαζον· (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 24:4)
  • αἰνιγματῶδεσ τοὔποσ· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode17)
  • αἰνιγματῶδεσ πτανέ, τί σοι σιβύνησ, τί δὲ καὶ συὸσ εὐάδε δέρμα; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4211)

Synonyms

  1. riddling

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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