αἴνιξις
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, use of dark sayings, δι' αἰνίξεως λέγεσθαι Plot.6.8.19.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
sentencia oscura, enigmática δι' αἰνίξεως λέγεσθαι Plot.6.8.19, cf. Epiph.Const.Haer.46.5.9.
Translations
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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
