aenigma
See also: ænigma
English
editNoun
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “riddle”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈniɡ.ma/, [äe̯ˈnɪɡmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈniɡ.ma/, [eˈniɡmä]
Noun
editaenigma n (genitive aenigmatis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | aenigma | aenigmata |
Genitive | aenigmatis | aenigmatum |
Dative | aenigmatī | aenigmatibus |
Accusative | aenigma | aenigmata |
Ablative | aenigmate | aenigmatibus |
Vocative | aenigma | aenigmata |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Catalan: enigma
- → English: enigma
- French: énigme
- Portuguese: enigma
- Romanian: enigmă
- Sicilian: nimma
- Spanish: enigma
References
edit- “aenigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aenigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aenigma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aenigma in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- aenigma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aenigma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aenigma”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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