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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Verbal noun from the root of αἰνίσσομαι (ainíssomai, “speak in riddles”), from αἶνος (aînos, “fable”), + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎi̯.niŋ.ma/ → /ˈɛ.niɣ.ma/ → /ˈe.niɣ.ma/
Noun
αἴνιγμα • (aínigma) n (genitive αἰνίγματος); third declension
- riddle
- taunt
- An obscure method of communication
- ambush
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “αἴνιγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἴνιγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἴνιγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- αἴνιγμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “αἴνιγμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G135 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.