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aenigma

aenigma · n

that which is enigmatical

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Where it lives

Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Adversus Praxean 9 · 6.09/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 2 · 0.88/10k
Adversus Marcionem 4 · 0.48/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Institutio Oratoria 5 · 0.29/10k
Noctes Atticae 3 · 0.27/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

aenigmă — Lewis & Short

aenigmă, ătis, n., = ai)/nigma (

dat. and

I abl. plur. aenigmatis, Charis. p. 38 P.), that which is enigmatical or dark in a figurative representation, an allegory; accto Quintilian's expl.: allegoria, quae est obscurior, Inst. 8, 6, 52; Cic. de Or. 3, 42.—

II Of other things.

A That which is dark, obscure, or inexplicable; a riddle, enigma, obscurity: regina Saba venit temptare eum in aenigmatibus, Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 1: obscuritates et aenigmata somniorum, Cic. Div. 2, 64; aenigma numero Platonis obscurius, id. Att. 7, 13: legum, Juv. 8, 50: palam et non per aenigmata Dominum videt, Vulg. Num. 12, 8; 1 Cor. 13, 12.—

B A mystery; a mystical tenet or dogma in religion, Arn 3, p. 109.

Where it came from

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