αἴνιγμα

See also: αίνιγμα

Ancient Greek

Verbal noun from the root of αἰνίσσομαι (ainíssomai, “speak in riddles”), from αἶνος (aînos, “fable”), +‎ -μα (-ma).

αἴνιγμα • (aínigma) n (genitive αἰνίγματος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ αἴνιγμᾰ tò aínigma	τὼ αἰνίγμᾰτε tṑ ainígmate	τᾰ̀ αἰνίγμᾰτᾰ tà ainígmata
Genitive	τοῦ αἰνίγμᾰτος toû ainígmatos	τοῖν αἰνιγμᾰ́τοιν toîn ainigmátoin	τῶν αἰνιγμᾰ́των tôn ainigmátōn
Dative	τῷ αἰνίγμᾰτῐ tôi ainígmati	τοῖν αἰνιγμᾰ́τοιν toîn ainigmátoin	τοῖς αἰνίγμᾰσῐ / αἰνίγμᾰσῐν toîs ainígmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ αἴνιγμᾰ tò aínigma	τὼ αἰνίγμᾰτε tṑ ainígmate	τᾰ̀ αἰνίγμᾰτᾰ tà ainígmata
Vocative	αἴνιγμᾰ aínigma	αἰνίγμᾰτε ainígmate	αἰνίγμᾰτᾰ ainígmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“αἴνιγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“αἴνιγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
αἴνιγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
αἴνιγμα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“αἴνιγμα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G135 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- conundrum idem, page 173.
- enigma idem, page 275.
- hint idem, page 400.
- innuendo idem, page 442.
- insinuation idem, page 445.
- mystery idem, page 549.
- parable idem, page 591.
- riddle idem, page 713.

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