αἰνίσσομαι

English (LSJ)

Att. αἰνίττομαι: fut. αἰνίξομαι: aor. ᾐνιξάμην : (αἶνος):—

   A speakdarkly or in riddles, μῶνᾐνιξάμην; S.Aj.1158; λόγοισικρυπτοῖσιν αἰ. E.Ion430; γνωρίμως αἰνίξομαι so as to be understood, Id.El.946: c. acc. cogn., λόγον . . αἰνίξατο Pi.P.8.40; αἰνίσσεσθαι ἔπεα to speak riddling verses, Hdt.5.56: c. acc. rei, hint a thing, intimate, shadow forth, Pl.Ap.21b, Tht.152c; τὸ δίκαιον ὃ εἴη R.332b; ὅτι . . Phd.69c; αἰ. εἰς . . to refer as in a riddle to, to hint at, εἰς Κλέωνα τοῦτ' αἰνίττεται Ar.Pax47; τὴν Κυλλήνην . . εἰς τὴν χεῖρ' ὀρθῶς ᾐνίξατο used the riddling word Cyllene (cf. κυλλός)... Id.Eq.1085; so ᾐνίξαθ' ὁ Βάκις τοῦτο πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα Id.Av.970; αἰνιττόμενος εἰς ἐμέ Aeschin.2.108; αἰ. ὡς . . Ps.-Plu. Vit.Hom.4:—αἰ. τὸν ὠκεανόν form guesses about it, Arist.Mete.347a6.    II Act. in late Prose, Philostr.V A6.11.    III Pass., to be spoken darkly, aor. ᾐνίχθην Pl.Grg.495b: pf. ᾔνιγμαι Thgn.681, Ar.Eq.196, Arist.Rh. 1405b4.