αἰνιγμός
κοινὴ γὰρ ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ μέλλον ἀόρατον → fortune is common to all, the future is unknown | fortune is common to all and the future unknown | fate is common to all and the future unknown
English (LSJ)
ὁ, riddle, mostly like αἴνιγμα in plural, δι' αἰνιγμῶν ἐρεῖν Ar. Ra.61, cf. Pl.Ti.72b, Aeschin.3.121; ἐν αἰνιγμοῖσι σημαίνειν τι E. Rh.754; ἐν αἰ. λαλεῖν Anaxil.22.23: sg., Callisth. ap. Ath.10.452a.
Spanish (DGE)
-οῦ, ὁ
enigma, acertijo gener. en plu. en sintagmas δι' αἰνιγμῶν, ἐν αἰνιγμοῖς, etc.: δι' αἰνιγμῶν ἐρεῖν Ar.Ra.61, ἐν αἰνιγμοῖς σημαίνει E.Rh.754, cf. E.Ph.1353, Pl.Ti.72b, Anaxil.22.23, Aeschin.3.121, Plu.Galb.24, Sch.E.Hipp.345
•sg. ἐν αἰνιγμῷ Callisth.Olynth.13.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
énigme.
Étymologie: αἰνίσσομαι.
German (Pape)
ὁ, Rätsel, δι' αἰνιγμῶν ἐρῶ Ar. Ran. 61; Plat. Ep. II.312d; ἐν αἰνιγμοῖς φαίνειν Eur. Rhes. 754. Sing. selten, z.B. Ath. X.452a.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
αἰνιγμός: ὁ Eur., Arph., Plat. = αίνιγμα.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἰνιγμός: ὁ, ἀσαφής λόγος, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ ὡς τὸ αἴνιγμα, κατὰ πληθ., δι᾿ αἰνιγμῶν ἐρεῖν, Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 61, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Τίμ. 72Ε., ἐν αἰνιγμοῖσι σημαίνειν τι, Εὐρ. Ρῆσ. 754· ἐν αἰν. λαλεῖν, Ἀναξίλας ἐν «Νεοττίδι», 23.
Greek Monotonic
αἰνιγμός: ὁ = αἴνιγμα, αίνιγμα, γρίφος· δι' αἰνιγμῶν ἐρεῖν, σε Αριστοφ.· ἐν αἰνιγμοῖσι σημαίνειν τι, σε Ευρ.
Middle Liddell
= αἴνιγμα
a riddle, δι' αἰνιγμῶν ἐρεῖν Ar.; ἐν αἰνιγμοῖσι σημαίνειν Eur.
English (Woodhouse)
hint, implication, riddle, dark saying
Translations
riddle
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
