riddle
From LSJ
τούτου δὲ συμβαίνοντος ἀναγκαῖον γίγνεσθαι πάροδον καὶ τροπὰς τῶν ἐνδεδεμένων ἄστρων → but if this were so, there would have to be passings and turnings of the fixed stars
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 (Eur., Hippolytus 346). speak in riddle, v.: P. and V. αἰνίσσεσθαι.
