Αἰνίττεται

hints at

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Jan 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

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Meaning [he/she/it] reveals. Aristophanes [writes]: "I think this hints at Kleon."¹ And ai)ni/ttesqai also [means] to speak in a secretive manner about something.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰνίττεται· ἀντὶ τοῦ δηλοῖ. Ἀριστοφάνης· δοκέω μὲν ὡς Κλέωνα τοῦτ' αἰνίττεται. καὶ αἰνίττεσθαι δὲ τὸ λεληθότως περί τινος λέγειν.

Betacode

*ai)ni/ttetai: a)nti\ tou= dhloi=. *)aristofa/nhs: doke/w me\n w(s *kle/wna tou=t' ai)ni/ttetai. kai\ ai)ni/ttesqai de\ to\ lelhqo/tws peri/ tinos le/gein.

Notes (1)

cf. generally alphaiota 220, alphaiota 221, alphaiota 223.
1Aristophanes, Peace 47 (web address 1), with scholion. For Kleon see generally kappa 1731. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

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η386ᾘνιγμένοςriddled[Meaning] spoken with a riddle. Having the meaning [not] clear there, inasmuch as the oracles were uttered indirectly. "And intricately somehow and cleverly riddled." As saying some things but meaning others.

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αι224ΑἴνιονAinion, Aenium αι225ΑἶνοςAinos, Aenus αι226Αἰνίττεταιhints at αι227Αἰνοβίαςterribly strong αι228Αἰνόθεν αἰνῶςhorror from horror

Revision history3 revisions · last 16 May 2012

16 May 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
15 May 2012more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
26 Jan 2003added x-ref — David Whitehead
25 Jan 2003Translated — Catharine Roth

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

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