αἰνίσσομαι
αἰνίσσομαι, Att.
αἰνίκ-ττομαι: fut.
-ίξομαι: aor.
ᾐνιξάμην :(
αἶνος):—
A). speakdarkly or
in riddles,
μῶνᾐνιξάμην; S. Aj. 1158 ;
λόγοισικρυπτοῖσιν 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 to speak riddling verses,
Hdt. 5.56 : c. acc. rei,
hint a thing,
intimate, shadow forth,
Pl. Ap. 21b ,
Tht. 152c ;
τὸ δίκαιον ὃ εἴη R. 332b ;
ὅτι ..
Phd. 69c ;
αἰ. εἰς ..
to refer as in a riddle to, to hint at,
εἰς Κλέωνα τοῦτ’ αἰνίττεται Ar. Pax 47 ;
τὴν Κυλλήνην .. εἰς τὴν χεῖρ’ ὀρθῶς ᾐνίξατο used the riddling word Cyllene (cf.
κυλλός). .,
Id. Eq. 1085 ; so
ᾐνίξαθ’ 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 form guesses about it,
Arist. Mete. 347a6 .
II). Act. in late Prose, Philostr. V A 6.11 .
ShortDef
to speak in riddles
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Headword (normalized):
αἰνίσσομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αινισσομαι
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-2535
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">αἰνίσσομαι</span>, Att. <span class="orth greek">αἰνίκ-ττομαι</span>: fut. <span class="foreign greek">-ίξομαι</span>: aor. <span class="foreign greek">ᾐνιξάμην</span> :(<span class="etym greek">αἶνος</span>):— <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">speakdarkly</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in riddles</span>, <span class="quote greek">μῶνᾐνιξάμην;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1158 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λόγοισικρυπτοῖσιν αἰ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:430" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:430/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 430 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">γνωρίμως αἰνίξομαι</span> so as to be understood, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:946" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:946/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 946 </a>: c. acc. cogn., <span class="quote greek">λόγον .. αἰνίξατο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 8.40 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">αἰνίσσεσθαι ἔπεα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to speak riddling</span> verses, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.56 </a>: c. acc. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hint</span> a thing, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">intimate, shadow forth</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 21b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:152c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:152c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 152c </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ δίκαιον ὃ εἴη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:332b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:332b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 332b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὅτι</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:69c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:69c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 69c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">αἰ. εἰς</span> .. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to refer as in a riddle to, to hint at</span>, <span class="quote greek">εἰς Κλέωνα τοῦτ’ αἰνίττεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 47 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὴν Κυλλήνην .. εἰς τὴν χεῖρ’ ὀρθῶς ᾐνίξατο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">used the riddling word</span> Cyllene (cf. <span class="foreign greek">κυλλός</span>). ., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1085" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1085/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 1085 </a>; so <span class="quote greek">ᾐνίξαθ’ ὁ Βάκις τοῦτο πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:970" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:970/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 970 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἰνιττόμενος εἰς ἐμέ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc1:108/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 2.108 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">αἰ. ὡς</span> .. Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vit.Hom.</span> 4 </span>:—<span class="foreign greek">αἰ. τὸν ὠκεανόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">form guesses about</span> it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:347a:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:347a.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 347a6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Act. in late Prose, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">V A</span> <span class="bibl"> 6.11 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be spoken darkly</span>, aor. <span class="quote greek">ᾐνίχθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:495b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:495b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 495b </a> : pf. <span class="quote greek">ᾔνιγμαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 681 </span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:196" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:196/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 196 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> </span> <*><a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:405b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:405b.4/canonical-url/"> 405b4 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}