αἴνιγμα, ατος, τό,
dark saying, riddle, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 177, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 610, etc., cf. LXX.Deu.28.37: frequently in _plural_, ἐξ αἰνιγμάτων] LXX+5th c.BC+] in riddles, darkly, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1112, 1183; δι᾽ αἰνιγμάτων 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.121 (variant), etc.; ἐν αἰνίγματι NT.1Cor.13.12] NT+4th c.BC+]; αἴ. προβάλλειν, ξυντιθέναι, πλέκειν to make a riddle, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 162b, “Ap.” 27a, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.988a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to διειπεῖν, εἰδέναι, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 393, 1525; μαθεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 48. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II taunt, [[ 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.27. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__III ambush [[(from Theban), 4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 4.] Refs 4th c.AD+]