aenigma
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See also: ænigma
English
Noun
aenigma (plural aenigmas or aenigmata)
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “riddle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈniɡ.ma/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈniɡ.ma/,
Noun
aenigma n (genitive aenigmatis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aenigma | aenigmata |
| genitive | aenigmatis | aenigmatum |
| dative | aenigmatī | aenigmatibus |
| accusative | aenigma | aenigmata |
| ablative | aenigmate | aenigmatibus |
| vocative | aenigma | aenigmata |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Catalan: enigma
- → English: enigma
- French: énigme
- Portuguese: enigma
- Romanian: enigmă
- Sicilian: nimma
- Spanish: enigma
References
- “aenigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aenigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aenigma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aenigma in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- aenigma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aenigma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aenigma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin