Latin

Alternative forms

• enigma

Noun

aenigma n ‎(genitive aenigmatis); third declension

1. a riddle, enigma
2. an allegory
3. accusative singular of aenigma
4. vocative singular of aenigma

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• aenigmaticus

Descendants

• English: enigma
• French: énigme
• Portuguese: 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aenigma”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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