riddle
From LSJ
Εὐκαταφρόνητός ἐστι σιγηρὸς τρόπος → A way of life disposed to silence is contemptible → Taciturna facile ingenia contemni solent → Gemein ist ein Charakter, über den man schweigt
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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.
