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  "headword": "αἰνίσσομαι",
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>speak darkly</i> or <i>in riddles,</i> μῶν ᾐνιξάμην; S. Aj. 1158; λόγοισι κρυπτοῖσιν αἰ. E. Ion 430; γνωρίμως αἰνίξομαι so as to be understood, Id. El. 946: c. acc. cogn., λόγον . . αἰνίξατο Pi. P. 8.40; αἰνίσσεσθαι ἔπεα <i>to speak riddling</i> verses, Hdt. 5.56: c. acc. rei, <i>hint</i> a thing, <i>intimate, shadow forth,</i> Pl. Ap. 21b, Tht. 152c; τὸ δίκαιον ὃ εἴη R. 332b; ὅτι . . Phd. 69c; αἰ. εἰς . . <i>to refer as in a riddle to, to hint at,</i> εἰς Κλέωνα τοῦτʼ αἰνίττεται Ar. Pax 47; τὴν Κυλλήνην . . εἰς τὴν χεῖρʼ ὀρθῶς ᾐνίξατο <i>used the riddling word</i> Cyllene (cf. κυλλός) . ., Id. Eq. 1085; so ᾐνίξαθʼ ὁ Βάκις τοῦτο πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα Id. Av. 970; αἰνιττόμενος εἰς ἐμέ Aeschin. 2.108; αἰ. ὡς . . Ps.-Plu. Vit.Hom. 4:— αἰ. τὸν ὠκεανόν <i>form guesses about</i> it, Arist. Mete. 347a6.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "μῶν ᾐνιξάμην;",
                "ref": "S. Aj. 1158",
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              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3035",
              "data": {
                "quote": "λόγον . . αἰνίξατο",
                "ref": "Pi. P. 8.40",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.40"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3036",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τὸ δίκαιον ὃ εἴη",
                "ref": "R. 332b",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:332b"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3037",
              "data": {
                "quote": "εἰς Κλέωνα τοῦτʼ αἰνίττεται",
                "ref": "Ar. Pax 47",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc2:47"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3038",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ᾐνίξαθʼ ὁ Βάκις τοῦτο πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα",
                "ref": "Id. Av. 970",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc2:970"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3039",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἰνιττόμενος εἰς ἐμέ",
                "ref": "Aeschin. 2.108",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc2:108"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3040",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἰ. ὡς . .",
                "ref": "Ps.-Plu. Vit.Hom. 4",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1805.tlg012.perseus-grc2:1.68"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3041",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἰ. τὸν ὠκεανόν",
                "ref": "Arist. Mete. 347a6",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:347a.perseus-grc2.6"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Act. in late Prose, Philostr. VA 6.11.",
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              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Pass., <i>to be spoken darkly,</i> aor. ᾐνίχθην Pl. Grg. 495b: pf. ᾔνιγμαι Thgn. 681, Ar. Eq. 196, Arist. Rh. 1405b4.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ᾐνίχθην",
                    "ref": "Pl. Grg. 495b",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023.perseus-grc2:495b"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-3043",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ᾔνιγμαι",
                    "ref": "Thgn. 681",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:681"
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                }
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            }
          ]
        }
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  "key": "ai)ni/ssomai",
  "type": "main"
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