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