αἴνιγμα

ainigma

dark saying, riddle

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Poetics 3
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Chapter 22 1458a18–1459a16

1458a24
1458a25
1458a26
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 2 1404b1–1405b34

1405a37

Dictionary (LSJ)

αἴνιγμα, ατος, τό, A. dark saying, riddle, Pi. Fr. 177, A. Pr. 610, etc., cf. LXX De. 28.37 : freq. in pl., ἐξ αἰνιγμάτων in riddles, darkly, A. Ag. 1112,1183; διʼ αἰνιγμάτων Aeschin. 3.121 (v.l.), etc. ; ἐν αἰνίγματι 1 Ep.Cor. 13.12; αἴ. προβάλλειν, ξυντιθέναι, πλέκειν to make a riddle, Pl. Chrm. 162b, Ap. 27a, Plu. 2.988a; opp. διειπεῖν, εἰδέναι, S. OT 393,1525; μαθεῖν E. Ph. 48. II. taunt, Aristaenet. 1.27. III. ambush (Theban), Palaeph. 4.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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