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|Definition=Att. αἰνίττομαι: fut. <b class="b3">αἰνίξομαι</b>: aor. <b class="b3">ᾐνιξάμην</b> : (αἶνος):— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">speakdarkly</b> or <b class="b2">in riddles</b>, μῶνᾐνιξάμην; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1158</span>; <b class="b3">λόγοισικρυπτοῖσιν 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> <b class="b2">to speak riddling</b> verses, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.56</span>: c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">hint</b> a thing, <b class="b2">intimate, shadow forth</b>, <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>; <b class="b3">ὅτι</b> . . <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phd.</span>69c</span>; <b class="b3">αἰ. εἰς</b> . . <b class="b2">to refer as in a riddle to, to hint at</b>, 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> <b class="b2">used the riddling word</b> 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> <b class="b2">form guesses about</b> it, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>347a6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Act. in late Prose, Philostr.<b class="b2">V A</b>6.11. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Pass., <b class="b2">to be spoken darkly</b>, 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>