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  • 1 enigma

    puzzle, enigma, riddle, obscure expression/saying

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  • 2 Todirhamphus enigma

    ENG Talaud kingfisher

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  • 3 aenigma

        aenigma atis, n, αἴνιγμα, a figure, allegory, C.
    * * *
    puzzle, enigma, riddle, obscure expression/saying

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  • 4 (ambāgēs

        (ambāgēs is),> f, only abl sing. ambage, and plur. ambāgēs, um    [ambi + 1 AG-], a going around, roundabout way: variarum ambage viarum (of the labyrinth), O.: dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit, V.—Fig., of speech, digression, circumlocution, evasion: ambages mihi narrare, T.: per ambages et longa exorsa tenere, V.: pueris dignae, L.: missis ambagibus, without circumlocution, H.: positis ambagibus, O.—A riddle, enigma, dark saying: immemor ambagum suarum, O.: tacitae, a dumb show, L.: eā ambage Chalcedonii monstrabantur, Ta.: per ambages effigies ingenii sui, an enigmatical symbol of, L.

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  • 5 aenigmaticus

    aenigmatica, aenigmaticum ADJ
    enigmatic, like an enigma; obscure; puzzling

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  • 6 griphus

    riddle; enigma

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  • 7 problema

    problems, questions for debate/academic discussion (pl.); enigma/riddle/puzzle

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  • 8 problematum

    problems, questions for debate/academic discussion (pl.); enigma/riddle/puzzle

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  • 9 aenigma

    aenigmă, ătis, n., = ainigma (dat. and abl. plur. aenigmatis, Charis. p. 38 P.), that which is enigmatical or dark in a figurative representation, an allegory; accto Quintilian's expl.:

    allegoria, quae est obscurior,

    Inst. 8, 6, 52; Cic. de Or. 3, 42.—
    II.
    Of other things.
    A.
    That which is dark, obscure, or inexplicable; a riddle, enigma, obscurity:

    regina Saba venit temptare eum in aenigmatibus,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 1:

    obscuritates et aenigmata somniorum,

    Cic. Div. 2, 64;

    aenigma numero Platonis obscurius,

    id. Att. 7, 13:

    legum,

    Juv. 8, 50:

    palam et non per aenigmata Dominum videt,

    Vulg. Num. 12, 8; 1 Cor. 13, 12.—
    B.
    A mystery; a mystical tenet or dogma in religion, Arn 3, p. 109.

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  • 10 aenigmaticus

    aenigmăticus, a, um, adj. [aenigma], like an enigma, obscure, enigmatic:

    ille clarum esse somnium dixit, et nihil aenigmaticum, nihil dubium continere,

    Cassiod. H. Eccl. 9, 4.

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  • 11 bis

    bis, adv. num. [for duis, from duo; like bellum from duellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66 Müll.; cf. Cic. Or. 45, 153, and the letter B], twice, at two times, on two occasions, in two ways, = dis (very freq. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen.:

    inde ad nos elisa bis advolat (imago),

    Lucr. 4, 315; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6; Hor. Epod. 5, 33; id. A. P. 358; 440; Verg. A. 6, 32; Ov. M. 4, 517 al.:

    non semel sed bis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 77, § 179:

    semel aut bis,

    Quint. 11, 2, 34:

    bis ac saepius,

    id. 10, 5, 7; Nep. Thras. 2, 5:

    bis mori,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 15: bis consul, who has been twice consul in all (diff. from iterum consul, who is a second time consul), Cic. Ac. 2, 5, 13; id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59; Liv. 23, 30, 15; 23, 31, 6; 23, 34, 15; 25, 5, 3; cf. Val. Max. 4, 1, 3; Suet. Ner. 35.—Sometimes (among later writers) for iterum, now a second time:

    bis consul,

    Mart. 10, 48, 20; Prid. Kal. Febr.; Coll. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 1, § 11.—
    2.
    Bis is followed by,
    (α).
    Semel... iterum, Cic. Dom. 52, 134:

    bis dimicavit: semel ad Dyrrhachium, iterum in Hispaniā,

    Suet. Caes. 36; so id. Aug. 25; id. Tib. 6; 72; id. Claud. 6; cf. Wolf, ejusd. id. Tib. 6.—
    (β).
    Primo... rursus, Suet. Aug. 17; 28.—
    (γ).
    Et rursus, without a preceding primo, Suet. Aug. 22; id. Tib. 48.—
    B.
    Transf., doubly, twofold, in two ways, in a twofold manner:

    bis periit amator, ab re atque animo simul,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 26: nam qui amat cui odio ipsus est, bis facere stulte duco;

    laborem inanem ipsus capit, et illi molestiam adfert,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 8 sq.:

    in unā civitate bis improbus fuisti, cum et remisisti quod non oportebat, et accepisti quod non licebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:

    in quo bis laberis, primum, quod... deinde, quod, etc.,

    id. Phil. 8, 4, 13:

    inopi beneficium bis dat qui dat celeriter, Publ. Syr. v. 235 Rib.: bis gratum est,

    id. v. 44 ib.:

    bis est mori alterius arbitrio mori,

    id. v. 50 ib.—
    II.
    Particular connections.
    A.
    Bis in die, mense, anno, etc., or bis die, mense, anno, etc., twice a day, month, year, etc.; cf. Suet. Aug. 31 Oud.; id. Galb. 4; id. Vit. Ter. 2:

    bis in die,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100; Cato, R. R. 26; 87:

    bis die,

    Tib. 1, 3, 31; Verg. E. 3, 34; Hor. C. 4, 1, 25; Cels. 1, 1; 1, 8; 3, 27, n. 2; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 146; cf.

    cotidie,

    Liv. 44, 16, 5:

    in mense,

    Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59; Suet. Aug. 35:

    in anno,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 7:

    anno,

    Plin. 2, 73, 75, § 184.—
    B.
    With other numerals, and particularly with distributives (class. in prose and poetry):

    bis binos,

    Lucr. 5, 1299; Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 49:

    bis quinos dies,

    Verg. A. 2, 126; Mart. 10, 75, 3; Ov. F. 3, 124:

    bis senos dies,

    Verg. E. 1, 44:

    bis septeni,

    Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 127:

    bis octoni,

    Ov. M. 5, 50:

    bis deni,

    Verg. A. 1, 381; Prop. 2 (3), 9, 3; Mart. 9. 78:

    bis quinquageni,

    id. 12, 67: bis milies, Liv. 38, 55, 12; Auct. B. Afr. 90; Val. Max. 3, 7, 1.—
    2.
    Esp., with cardinal numbers to express twice a given number (in the poets very freq., but not in prose):

    bis mille sagittae,

    Lucr. 4, 408; so Hor. Epod. 9, 17: bis sex, Varr. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31, p. 354 Lion.; Verg. A. 11, 9:

    bis quinque viri,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 24; Ov. M. 8, 500; 8, 579; 11, 96:

    bis trium ulnarum toga,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 8:

    duo,

    Ov. M. 13, 642:

    centum,

    id. ib. 5, 208 and 209;

    12, 188: quattuor,

    id. ib. 12, 15:

    sex,

    id. ib. 6, 72; 6, 571; 4, 220; 12, 553; 12, 554;

    15, 39: septem,

    id. ib. 11, 302:

    novem,

    id. ib. 14, 253 al.—
    C.
    Bis terve, two or three times, very rarely:

    a te bis terve summum et eas perbrevis (litteras) accepi,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    quem bis terve bonum cum risu miror,

    Hor. A. P. 358.—
    D.
    Bis terque, several times, repeatedly, Mart. 4, 82, 3; cf.:

    stulte bis terque,

    utterly, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6. —
    E.
    Bis tanto or tantum, twice as great, twice as much:

    bis tanto amici sunt inter se quam prius,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 62; id. Men. 4, 3, 6; id. Merc. 2, 2, 26:

    bis tantum quam tuus fundus reddit,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 15:

    Tartarus ipse Bis patet in praeceps tantum, quantus, etc.,

    Verg. A. 6, 578.—
    F.
    Bis ad eundem (sc.: lapidem offendi, as in Aus. Ep. 11 med.);

    prov.,

    to commit the same error twice, Cic. Fam. 10, 20, 2.—
    G.
    Bis minus, in an old enigma in Gell. 12, 6, 2, whose solution is Terminus (ter-minus): semel minusne an bis minus, non sat scio: at utrumque eorum, ut quondam audivi dicier, Jovi ipsi regi noluit concedere.
    ► In composition, bis, like the Gr.
    dis, loses the s: biceps, bidens, bifer, bigener, bijugus, bilix, etc.;

    hence bissenus,

    Sen. Agam. 812; id. Herc. Fur. 1282; Stat. Th. 3, 574;

    and bisseni,

    id. ib. 12, 811; Aus. Monos. Idyll. 12, and Prud. Cath. 12, 192, are better written as two words: bis senus (seni); so either bisextus, or as two words, bis sextus (Stat. S. 4, 1, 9); v. bisextus.

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  • 12 griphus

    grīphus, i, m., = griphos (a net; hence transf.), an intricate or puzzling question, a riddle, enigma (post-class. and very rare):

    griphos dissolvere,

    Gell. 1, 4, 4; v. App. Flor. 9; Aus. Idyll. 11.

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  • 13 problema

    problēma, ătis ( gen. plur. problematorum, Gell. 3, 6, 1; abl. plur. problematis, id. 19, 6, 1), n., = problêma, a question proposed for solution, a problem, enigma, riddle, puzzle (post-Aug.), Suet. Gram. 4: problemata philosophoumena, Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 8:

    Aristotelis libri sunt, qui Problemata physica inscribuntur,

    Gell. 19, 4, 1:

    Aristoteles in septimo problematorum,

    id. 3, 6, 1; 2, 30, 11; App. Mag. 51:

    in problematis Aristotelis,

    Gell. 19, 6, 1:

    proponam vobis problema,

    Vulg. Judic. 14, 12.—Hence, problēmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = problêmatikos, problematic; as subst.: problē-matĭca, ōrum, n., problems, cases set forth as problems (the title of a medical work), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 3, 46.

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  • 14 problematica

    problēma, ătis ( gen. plur. problematorum, Gell. 3, 6, 1; abl. plur. problematis, id. 19, 6, 1), n., = problêma, a question proposed for solution, a problem, enigma, riddle, puzzle (post-Aug.), Suet. Gram. 4: problemata philosophoumena, Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 8:

    Aristotelis libri sunt, qui Problemata physica inscribuntur,

    Gell. 19, 4, 1:

    Aristoteles in septimo problematorum,

    id. 3, 6, 1; 2, 30, 11; App. Mag. 51:

    in problematis Aristotelis,

    Gell. 19, 6, 1:

    proponam vobis problema,

    Vulg. Judic. 14, 12.—Hence, problēmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = problêmatikos, problematic; as subst.: problē-matĭca, ōrum, n., problems, cases set forth as problems (the title of a medical work), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 3, 46.

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  • 15 problematicus

    problēma, ătis ( gen. plur. problematorum, Gell. 3, 6, 1; abl. plur. problematis, id. 19, 6, 1), n., = problêma, a question proposed for solution, a problem, enigma, riddle, puzzle (post-Aug.), Suet. Gram. 4: problemata philosophoumena, Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 8:

    Aristotelis libri sunt, qui Problemata physica inscribuntur,

    Gell. 19, 4, 1:

    Aristoteles in septimo problematorum,

    id. 3, 6, 1; 2, 30, 11; App. Mag. 51:

    in problematis Aristotelis,

    Gell. 19, 6, 1:

    proponam vobis problema,

    Vulg. Judic. 14, 12.—Hence, problēmătĭcus, a, um, adj., = problêmatikos, problematic; as subst.: problē-matĭca, ōrum, n., problems, cases set forth as problems (the title of a medical work), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 3, 46.

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  • 16 scirpus

    scirpus (sometimes sirpus), i, m.
    I.
    A rush, bulrush, Plin. 16, 37, 70, § 178; 7, 56, 57, § 206; Fest. p. 330 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 39; Vulg. Job, 8, 11. —
    b.
    Prov.: nodum in scirpo quaerere, to seek a knot in a bulrush, to find a difficulty where there is none: quaerunt in scirpo, soliti quod dicere, nodum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 330 (Sat. v. 46 Vahl.); so,

    in scirpo nodum quaeris,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 22; and:

    no dum in scirpo quaeris,

    Ter. And. 5, 4, 38.—
    II.
    Transf., deriving the idea of intricacy from plaited work of rushes, a riddle, enigma:

    quae Graeci dicunt aenigmata, hoc genus quidam e nostris veteribus scirpos appellaverunt,

    Gell. 12, 6, 1.

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