riddle
riddle
v. trans.
See pierce.
v. trans.
See pierce.
riddle
subs.
P. and V. αἴνιγμα, τό, αἰνιγμός, ὁ (Plat. but rare P.).
Difficulty: P. and V. ἀ̆πορία, ἡ.
I am no prophet to read riddles aright: V. οὐ μάντις εἰμὶ τἀφανῆ γνῶναι σαφῶς (Eur. Hipp. 346). Speak in riddle, v.: P. and V. αἰνίσσεσθαι.
subs.
P. and V. αἴνιγμα, τό, αἰνιγμός, ὁ (Plat. but rare P.).
Difficulty: P. and V. ἀ̆πορία, ἡ.
I am no prophet to read riddles aright: V. οὐ μάντις εἰμὶ τἀφανῆ γνῶναι σαφῶς (Eur. Hipp. 346). Speak in riddle, v.: P. and V. αἰνίσσεσθαι.
RIDDLE
s. A puzzling question enigma aenigma -atis (Cic.): griphus (an artificial and puzzling combination of words used by the Greeks at their entertainments; the word is employed with reference to Greeks Gell. 1 2 4; Apul. Flor.): ambages (a dark and obscure expression; e.g. Liv. 1 24). To propose a riddle *aliquem aenigma solvere jubere; *aenigma alicui interpretandum explicandum proponere. To solve a riddle aenigma solvere (Ruhnken) interpretari explicare: griphum dissolvere: not to understand a riddle aenigma non intelligere.
Figuratively Riddles verba caecis latebris obscura (Ov. Met. 1 388); sermones perplexi (Liv. 40 5). It is all a riddle to me hoc vero obscurum mihi est; hoc mihi non liquet; hoc non intelligo: it is a complete riddle hoc nemo conjectura assequi potest; hoc nemini liquet. To speak in riddles aenigmata loqui (Plin. Ep. 7 12).
A coarse sieve cribrum (carbonarium).
s. A puzzling question enigma aenigma -atis (Cic.): griphus (an artificial and puzzling combination of words used by the Greeks at their entertainments; the word is employed with reference to Greeks Gell. 1 2 4; Apul. Flor.): ambages (a dark and obscure expression; e.g. Liv. 1 24). To propose a riddle *aliquem aenigma solvere jubere; *aenigma alicui interpretandum explicandum proponere. To solve a riddle aenigma solvere (Ruhnken) interpretari explicare: griphum dissolvere: not to understand a riddle aenigma non intelligere.
Figuratively Riddles verba caecis latebris obscura (Ov. Met. 1 388); sermones perplexi (Liv. 40 5). It is all a riddle to me hoc vero obscurum mihi est; hoc mihi non liquet; hoc non intelligo: it is a complete riddle hoc nemo conjectura assequi potest; hoc nemini liquet. To speak in riddles aenigmata loqui (Plin. Ep. 7 12).
A coarse sieve cribrum (carbonarium).
v. To sift cribrare: cribro subcernere.
riddle (subs.):
I. An enigma:
1. aenigma, ătis, n. (αἴνιγμα: Cic. Att. 6, 7, uses the Gk. phr. ἐν αἰνιγμοῖς): to speak r.s, a. loqui, Plin. Ep. 7, 13: the dark imagery and r.s of dreams, obscuritates et a. somniorum, Cic. Div. 2, 64, 132: the r.s of the law, a. jurum, Juv. 8, 50.
2. scirpus: (acc. to Gell. 12, 6, a trans. of the preced.).
3. grīphus (γρῖφος): to solve r.s, g. dissolvere, Gell. 1, 2, 4.
4. expr. sometimes by ambāges, um, f. pl. (with abl. sing. ambage; an obscure, dark saying): the r.s of an obscure oracle, obscurae sortis a., Ov. F. 4, 261: in r.s, per ambages, Liv. 1, 56: Tac. Phr.: to utter r.s, obscura canere, Hor. S. 2, 5, 58.
II. crībrum: v.SIEVE .
I. An enigma:
1. aenigma, ătis, n. (αἴνιγμα: Cic. Att. 6, 7, uses the Gk. phr. ἐν αἰνιγμοῖς): to speak r.s, a. loqui, Plin. Ep. 7, 13: the dark imagery and r.s of dreams, obscuritates et a. somniorum, Cic. Div. 2, 64, 132: the r.s of the law, a. jurum, Juv. 8, 50.
2. scirpus: (acc. to Gell. 12, 6, a trans. of the preced.).
3. grīphus (γρῖφος): to solve r.s, g. dissolvere, Gell. 1, 2, 4.
4. expr. sometimes by ambāges, um, f. pl. (with abl. sing. ambage; an obscure, dark saying): the r.s of an obscure oracle, obscurae sortis a., Ov. F. 4, 261: in r.s, per ambages, Liv. 1, 56: Tac. Phr.: to utter r.s, obscura canere, Hor. S. 2, 5, 58.
II. crībrum: v.
riddle (v.):
I. To speak enigmatically: expr. by aenigmata loqui, v. preced. art.
II. To sift: cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3: v.SIFT .
III. To pierce full of holes: nearest word, confŏdio, fōdi, fossum, 3: to be r.d with wounds, confodi vulneribus, Liv. 24, 7: r.d by so many judicial sentences, tot judiciis confossus, id. 5, 11; Pl. Phr.: r.d with wounds, plenus vulnerum, Liv. 5, 11: a criminal r.d like a sieve by the hangmen, carnificium cribrum, Pl. Most. 1, 1, 52.
I. To speak enigmatically: expr. by aenigmata loqui, v. preced. art.
II. To sift: cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3: v.
III. To pierce full of holes: nearest word, confŏdio, fōdi, fossum, 3: to be r.d with wounds, confodi vulneribus, Liv. 24, 7: r.d by so many judicial sentences, tot judiciis confossus, id. 5, 11; Pl. Phr.: r.d with wounds, plenus vulnerum, Liv. 5, 11: a criminal r.d like a sieve by the hangmen, carnificium cribrum, Pl. Most. 1, 1, 52.
riddle
Riddle
- of the Sphinx: Apollod. 3.5.7, Apollod. 3.5.8, Paus. 9.26.2
- riddle of young children: Paus. 10.24.2
- wise Greeks of old spoke in riddles: Paus. 8.8.3