αἰνιγμ-ατώδης · ainigm-atōdēs — LSJ
riddling, dark
riddling, dark, A. Supp. 464; ῥηματίσκια, of the Heracliteans, Pl. Tht. 180a; χρησμός D.S. 32.10; of persons, Max.Tyr. 38.4. Adv. -δῶς Arist. Rh. 1441b22, Pl. Chrm. 164e (Comp.), etc.
The corpus record
αἰνιγμ-ατώδης
ainigmatodes
riddling, dark
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Where it lives
- Alcibiades 2 1 · 2.34/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Charmides 1 · 1.2/10k
- Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
- Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- αἰνιγματῶδες · ainigmatōdes Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 464
- αἰνιγματώδη · ainigmatōdē Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
- αἰνιγματωδῶς · ainigmatōdōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 30)
- αἰνιγματώδη · ainigmatōdē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.10 (DIORISIS sentence 1919)
- αἰνιγματωδῶς · ainigmatōdōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7690)
- αἰνιγματώδης · ainigmatōdēs Plato, Alcibiades 2 147
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