riddle
From LSJ
κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
See pierce.
substantive
P. and V. αἴνιγμα, τό, αἰνιγμός, ὁ (Plato but rare P.).
difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.
I am no prophet to read riddles aright: V. οὐ μάντις εἰμὶ τἀφανῆ γνῶναι σαφῶς (Euripides, Hippolytus 346). speak in riddle, v.: P. and V. αἰνίσσεσθαι.
