aenigma

See also: ænigma

English

Noun

aenigma (plural aenigmas or aenigmata)

1. Archaic form of enigma.

Latin

Alternative forms

• enigma

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “riddle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈniɡ.ma/, [äe̯ˈnɪɡmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈniɡ.ma/, [eˈniɡmä]

Noun

aenigma n (genitive aenigmatis); third declension

1. a riddle, enigma
2. an allegory
3. (religion) a mystery

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	aenigma	aenigmata
genitive	aenigmatis	aenigmatum
dative	aenigmatī	aenigmatibus
accusative	aenigma	aenigmata
ablative	aenigmate	aenigmatibus
vocative	aenigma	aenigmata

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’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