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enigmatical manner

  • 1 ambages

    ambāges, is, f. (nom. and gen. sing. dub., though mentioned in Charis. p. 25 P. and found in Tac. H. 5, 13 MS.; but found in abl. sing.:

    ambage,

    Ov. H. 7, 149; Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; Val. Fl. 1, 227; also,

    ambagine,

    Manil. 4, 304; the plur. is complete, gen. ambagum, Ov. M. 7, 761; cf. Schneid. Gr. II. p. 403) [ambi-ago], a going round, a roundabout way ( poet.; in prose only postAug.; syn.: ambago, sinus, flexus, circuitus).
    I.
    Lit.: variarum ambage viarum (of the windings of the labyrinth), Ov. M. 8, 161; cf.:

    dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit,

    Verg. A. 6, 29:

    (Luna) multiformi ambage torsit ingenia contemplantium,

    Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41:

    itinerum ambages,

    id. 36, 13, 19, § 2:

    longis ambagibus,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 226.—
    II.
    Of speech.
    A.
    Circumlocution, evasion, digression:

    ambages mitte,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 81; so id. Ps. 5, 1, 10 (not elsewh. in Plaut.): ambages mihi Narrare occipit, * Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 77:

    per ambages et longa exorsa tenere,

    Verg. G. 2, 46; Liv. 9, 11 fin.:

    ne te longis ambagibus morer,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 82:

    missis ambagibus,

    without circumlocution, directly, id. S. 2, 5, 9; Ov. M. 3, 692; 10, 19.—
    B.
    Obscurity, ambiguity (as kindr. with ambiguus).—So of the Theban Sphinx:

    immemor ambagum,

    Ov. M. 7, 761; id. F. 4, 261.—Of the lang. of oracles:

    ambage nexa Arcana tegere,

    Sen. Oedip. 218:

    eā ambage Chalcedonii monstrabantur,

    Tac. A. 12, 63; 2, 54.—Also transf. to actions:

    per ambages,

    in an obscure, enigmatical manner, Liv. 1, 56; 1, 54; Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 169.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > ambages

  • 2 rätselhaft

    Adj. puzzling; (geheimnisvoll) mysterious; (unergründlich) enigmatic; es ist mir völlig rätselhaft it’s a complete mystery to me; auf rätselhafte Weise verschwinden etc.: mysteriously
    * * *
    cryptic; puzzling; enigmatic; enigmatical; mysterious
    * * *
    rät|sel|haft
    adj
    mysterious; Gesichtsausdruck, Lächeln auch enigmatic

    auf rä́tselhafte Weise — mysteriously

    es ist mir rä́tselhaft — it's a mystery to me, it baffles me

    * * *
    1) (intentionally very difficult to understand or make sense of: a cryptic message.) cryptic
    2) (puzzling; mysterious: an enigmatic smile.) enigmatic
    4) (difficult to understand: a puzzling remark.) puzzling
    * * *
    rät·sel·haft
    adj mysterious, enigmatic
    eine \rätselhafte Erscheinung/ein \rätselhaftes Phänomen/ein \rätselhaftes Verschwinden a mysterious appearance/phenomenon/disappearance
    auf \rätselhafte Weise in a mysterious manner, mysteriously
    sie ist unter bisher \rätselhaften Umständen ums Leben gekommen she lost her life under suspicious circumstances
    ▪ jdm \rätselhaft sein to be a mystery to sb
    ▪ es ist jdm \rätselhaft, warum/wie... it's a mystery to sb why/how...
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv mysterious; (unergründlich) enigmatic <smile, expression, person>; baffling < problem>
    2.
    adverbial mysteriously; (unergründlich) enigmatically
    * * *
    rätselhaft adj puzzling; (geheimnisvoll) mysterious; (unergründlich) enigmatic;
    es ist mir völlig rätselhaft it’s a complete mystery to me;
    auf rätselhafte Weise verschwinden etc: mysteriously
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv mysterious; (unergründlich) enigmatic <smile, expression, person>; baffling < problem>
    2.
    adverbial mysteriously; (unergründlich) enigmatically
    * * *
    adj.
    enigmatic adj.
    enigmatical adj.
    mysterious adj.
    puzzling adj. adv.
    enigmatically n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > rätselhaft

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