αἴνιξις
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, use of dark sayings, δι' αἰνίξεως λέγεσθαι Plot.6.8.19.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
sentencia oscura, enigmática δι' αἰνίξεως λέγεσθαι Plot.6.8.19, cf. Epiph.Const.Haer.46.5.9.
Translations
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Afrikaans: raaisel; Albanian: gjëegjëzë, gjëagjëzë, sitë; Arabic: لُغْز, أُحْجِيَّة, مُعْضِلَة; Egyptian Arabic: فزّورة; Armenian: հանելուկ; Assamese: সাঁথৰ; Azerbaijani: tapmaca, müəmma; Belarusian: загадка; Bulgarian: гатанка, загадка; Burmese: စကားထာ; Catalan: endevinalla; Chinese Mandarin: 謎語, 谜语; Czech: hádanka; Danish: gåde; Dutch: raadsel; Esperanto: enigmo; Estonian: mõistatus; Faroese: gáta; Finnish: arvoitus; French: énigme, devinette, devinaille; Galician: adiviñanza, cousiliña, adiviña; Georgian: გამოცანა; German: Rätsel; Greek: αἰνιγμός, αἴνιγμα, αἴνιξις, αἶνος, γρῖφος; Ancient Greek: αἴνιγμα, γρῖφος; Hebrew: חִידָה; Hindi: पहेली, बुझोवल, समस्या, रहस्य, राज़, राज, भेद, प्रहेलिका; Hungarian: rejtély, talány, rejtvény; Icelandic: gáta; Irish: tomhas; Italian: enigma, indovinello; Ivatan: kabbuni; Japanese: なぞなぞ, 謎々; Kapampangan: bugtung; Kazakh: жұмбақ; Korean: 수수께끼; Kyrgyz: табышмак; Ladino: endevinas; Latin: aenigma; Latvian: mīkla; Lithuanian: mįslė; Macedonian: загатка; Malay: teka-teki; Maori: panga, pere; Mirandese: adebina; Norwegian: gåte; Occitan: devinalha, enigma, charrada; Pashto: معما; Persian: چیستان, معما; Polish: zagadka; Portuguese: enigma, charada, adivinha; Romanian: ghicitoare, cimilitură; Russian: загадка; Scottish Gaelic: dubh-fhacal; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: за̏гоне̄тка, енигма; Roman: zȁgonētka, enigma; Slovak: hádanka; Slovene: uganka; Spanish: enigma, acertijo, adivinanza, quisicosa; Swahili: fumbo; Swedish: gåta; Tagalog: bugtong; Tajik: чистон, муаммо; Turkish: bulmaca, esrar, bilmece; Ukrainian: загадка; Urdu: پہیلی, معما; Uyghur: تېپىشماق; Uzbek: topishmoq; Vietnamese: câu đố; Walloon: advina; Welsh: pos; Yakan: untukan