riddle (subs.) Copy link Outline I. An enigma1. aenigma, ătis, n. (αἴνιγμα2. scirpus3. grīphus (γρῖφος)4. expr. sometimes by ambāges, um, f. pl. (with abl. sing. ambage; an obscure, dark saying)II. crībrum • riddle (subs.): I. An enigma: 1. aenigma, ătis, n. (αἴνιγμα: Cic. Att. 6, 7, uses the Gk. phr. ἐν αἰνιγμοῖς): to speak r.s, a. loqui, Plin. Ep. 7, 13: the dark imagery and r.s of dreams, obscuritates et a. somniorum, Cic. Div. 2, 64, 132: the r.s of the law, a. jurum, Juv. 8, 50. 2. scirpus: (acc. to Gell. 12, 6, a trans. of the preced.). 3. grīphus (γρῖφος): to solve r.s, g. dissolvere, Gell. 1, 2, 4. 4. expr. sometimes by ambāges, um, f. pl. (with abl. sing. ambage; an obscure, dark saying): the r.s of an obscure oracle, obscurae sortis a., Ov. F. 4, 261: in r.s, per ambages, Liv. 1, 56: Tac. Phr.: to utter r.s, obscura canere, Hor. S. 2, 5, 58. II. crībrum: v. sieve.