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2. Aenēa or Aenīa, ae, f., = Αἴνεια, a city of Chalcidice, in Macedonia, opposite Pydna, Liv. 40, 4; 44, 10; 32.
Hence,

  1. A. Aenēātes, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Ænea, Liv. 40, 4, 4.
  2. B. Aenēātĭcus, a, um, adj., belonging to Ænea: abies, Plin. 16, 39, 76, § 197.

Aenĭānes, um, m., a people of Thessalia, west of the Sinus Maliacus, Cic. Rep. 2 4; Liv. 28, 5, 15 (the Ἐνιῆνες of Homer, II 2, 749).

Aenīdēs, ae, patr. m.

  1. I. A son of Æneas, Verg. A. 9, 653.
  2. II. A descendant of Æneus, king on the Propontis.
    In the plur., the inhabitants of Cyzicus, because a son of Æneus was the founder of that city, Val. Fl. 3, 4.

† aenigmă, ătis, n., = αἴνιγμα (dat. and

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Of other things.
    1. 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.
    2. B. A mystery; a mystical tenet or dogma in religion, Arn 3, p. 109.

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.

† aenigmătista and -tes, ae, m., = αἰνιγματιστης, one that proposes riddles, one that speaks in riddles, an enigmatist, Sid. Ep. 8, 6; Aug. Quaest. in Num. 4, 45.

ăēnĭpes or ăhēnĭpes, ĕdis, adj. [aeneus-pes], that has feet of bronze, bronzefooted, χαλκόπους: boves, Ov. H. 6, 32: equi, Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 531.

aenitologium, i, n. In metre, a dac tylic verse with an iambic penthemimeris, e. g. Carmina bella magis vellem sonare, Serv. in Centim. 1825 P.

1. Aenus or -os, i, f., = Αἶνος,

  1. I. a city of Thrace, south-east of the Palus Stentoris, through which one of the mouths of the Hebrus falls into the sea, now Enos, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Cic. Fl. 14; Liv. 31, 16 4.
    Hence,
  2. II. Aenĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ænus, Liv. 37, 33; 38, 41; 45, 27.