aenigma

== English == === Noun === aenigma (plural aenigmas or aenigmata) Archaic form of enigma. == Latin == === Alternative forms === enigma === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “riddle”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ae̯ˈnɪɡ.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈniɡ.ma] === Noun === aenigma n (genitive aenigmatis); third declension a riddle, enigma an allegory (religion) a mystery ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== aenigmaticē aenigmaticus aenigmatista in aenigmate ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: enigma → English: enigma French: énigme Portuguese: enigma Romanian: enigmă Sicilian: nimma Spanish: enigma === References === “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, 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