riddle

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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.