αἴνιγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰνίσσομαι (ainissomai, “speak in riddles”) (from αἶνος "fable") +‎ -μα

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /a͜ɪ́niɡma/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛ́ːniɣma/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /éniɣma/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /éniɣma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /éniɣma/

Noun

αἴνιγμα (genitive αἰνίγματος) n, third declension; (ainigma)

1. riddle
2. taunt
3. Obscure method of communication
4. ambush

Inflection

Third declension of αἴνιγμᾰ, αἰνίγμᾰτος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ αἴνιγμᾰ	τὼ αἰνίγμᾰτε	τὰ αἰνίγμᾰτᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ αἰνίγμᾰτος	τοῖν αἰνιγμάτοιν	τῶν αἰνιγμάτων
Dative	τῷ αἰνίγμᾰτῐ	τοῖν αἰνιγμάτοιν	τοῖς αἰνίγμᾰσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸ αἴνιγμᾰ	τὼ αἰνίγμᾰτε	τὰ αἰνίγμᾰτᾰ
Vocative	αἴνιγμᾰ	αἰνίγμᾰτε	αἰνίγμᾰτᾰ

References

• αἴνιγμα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G135