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αἴνιγμα

ainigma · τό

dark saying, riddle

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Where it lives

Phoenissae 5 · 5.18/10k
On the Navy-Boards 1 · 3.89/10k
Ars Poetica 3 · 2.97/10k
Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Charmides 2 · 2.41/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

αἴνιγμα · ainigma — LSJ

dark saying, riddle, in riddles, darkly, to make

dark saying, riddle, Pi. Fr. 177, A. Pr. 610, etc., cf. LXX De. 28.37 : freq. in pl., ἐξ αἰνιγμάτων in riddles, darkly, A. Ag. 1112, 1183; διʼ αἰνιγμάτων Aeschin. 3.121 (v.l.), etc. ; ἐν αἰνίγματι 1 Ep.Cor. 13.12; αἴ. προβάλλειν, ξυντιθέναι, πλέκειν to make a riddle, Pl. Chrm. 162b, Ap. 27a, Plu. Bruta anim. 2.988a; opp. διειπεῖν, εἰδέναι, S. OT 393, 1525; μαθεῖν E. Ph. 48.

II taunt

taunt, Aristaenet. 1.27.

III ambush

ambush (Theban), Palaeph. 4.

In the wild

αἰνιγμάτων · ainigmatōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1183
αἰνιγμάτων · ainigmatōn Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1112–1113
αἰνιγμάτων · ainigmatōn Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 887
αἰνίγματʼ · ainigmatʼ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 609–611
Αἰνίγματος · Ainigmatos Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
αἴνιγμα · ainigma Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22

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Where it came from

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