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|Definition=Att. [[αἰνίττομαι]]: fut. [[αἰνίξομαι]]: aor. [[ᾐνιξάμην]]: ([[αἶνος]]):— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[speak darkly]] or [[speak in riddles]], μῶνᾐνιξάμην; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1158</span>; <b class="b3">λόγοισι κρυπτοῖσιν αἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>430</span>; <b class="b3">γνωρίμως αἰνίξομαι</b> so as to be understood, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>946</span>: c. acc. cogn., λόγον… αἰνίξατο <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.40</span>; <b class="b3">αἰνίσσεσθαι ἔπεα</b> to [[speak riddling verses]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.56</span>: c. acc. rei, [[hint]] a thing, [[intimate]], [[shadow forth]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>21b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>152c</span>; τὸ δίκαιον ὃ εἴη <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>332b</span>; [[ὅτι]]… <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phd.</span>69c</span>; <b class="b3">αἰ. εἰς</b>… to [[refer as in a riddle to]], to [[hint at]], εἰς Κλέωνα τοῦτ' αἰνίττεται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>47</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν Κυλλήνην… εἰς τὴν χεῖρ' ὀρθῶς ᾐνίξατο</b> [[used the riddling word]] Cyllene (cf. [[κυλλός]])... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1085</span>; so ᾐνίξαθ' ὁ Βάκις τοῦτο πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>970</span>; αἰνιττόμενος εἰς ἐμέ <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.108</span>; <b class="b3">αἰ. ὡς</b>… Ps.-Plu. <span class="title">Vit.Hom.</span>4:—<b class="b3">αἰ. τὸν ὠκεανόν</b> [[form]] [[guess]]es about it, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>347a6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act. in late Prose, Philostr.V A6.11. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Pass., to [[be spoken darkly]], aor. ᾐνίχθην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>495b</span>: pf. ᾔνιγμαι <span class="bibl">Thgn.681</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>196</span>, Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span> <span class="bibl">1405b4</span>.</span>