{"id":1175,"date":"2021-05-23T15:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T15:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2021-06-16T11:42:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T11:42:42","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-10-enigmatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1175","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology 10 &#8211; Enigmatic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology 10 &amp;#8211; Enigmatic\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-23T15:23:07+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word enigmatic [\u02ccen.\u026a\u0261\u02c8m\u00e6t.\u026ak\/\u02cc\u025bn\u026a\u0261\u02c8m\u00e6t\u026ak], a mysterious, puzzling, perplexing and inscrutable word that defies description.\n\nDefinition: \u201cmysterious and impossible to understand completely\u201d [source]. Or,\u201cresembling an eni...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5253\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1175-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1175-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"enigmatic.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word <strong>enigmatic<\/strong> [\u02ccen.\u026a\u0261\u02c8m\u00e6t.\u026ak\/\u02cc\u025bn\u026a\u0261\u02c8m\u00e6t\u026ak], a mysterious, puzzling, perplexing and inscrutable word that defies description.<\/p>\n<p>Definition: \u201cmysterious and impossible to understand completely\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/enigmatic\">source<\/a>]. Or,\u201cresembling an enigma, or a puzzling occurrence, situation, statement, person, etc.; perplexing; mysterious\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/enigmatic\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/63659337@N00\/6059374968\/in\/photolist-aerT5d-7fRSeZ-Hjjvi-aXeXtc-7fRG5T-ftDY1D-7fVebf-ftUk8G-2aAiRhf-NLRnKJ-7fRWHx-7fRcVM-7fVwzd-7fWhbj-7fRvWK-79R8rf-fxBLbk-ftE2bK-98mxPz-4qfngw-8vTpbz-BVEj4-oEmcbE-fuVaex-ftUmAU-tXdZS-3aJLoB-7KPQ8E-fux8Fo-ftDYKX-3KWyhg-48w1x3-4ft8mW-PNQoXW-QcuKbK-97s6bD-97s5rZ-8eysXr-97vd97-twPvMw-ae5u5E-rw3sGG-79QPnN-syL17Z-fz3r9x-2dzn4rV-dNZye-fsXLxt-4nBowD-79Maak\" title=\"enigmatic ayam\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6072\/6059374968_5a38c5390f_z.jpg\" alt=\"enigmatic ayam\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It comes from <strong>enigma<\/strong> (riddle; sth\/sb puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable), from the Latin <em>aenigma<\/em> [ae\u032f\u02c8ni\u0261.ma] (riddle, allegory), from the Ancient Greek <em>\u03b1\u1f34\u03bd\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1<\/em> [\u02c8\u025b.ni\u0263.ma] (riddle, taunt, ambush) from <em>\u03b1\u1f36\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/em> [\u02c8\u025b.nos] (story, fable, praise) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/enigmatic\">source<\/a>], which is posibly the root of the name \u0391\u1f30\u03bd\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \/ Aen\u0113\u0101s, the trojan hero of the Aeneid, and legendary ancestor of Romans [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%CE%91%E1%BC%B0%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82#Ancient_Greek\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In Modern Greek <strong>\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1<\/strong> [\u02c8\u025bni\u0263ma] means a riddle, puzzle or enigma, <strong>\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2<\/strong> [\u025bni\u0263mati\u02c8k\u0254s] means enigmatic, mysterious, inscrutable, and <strong>\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1<\/strong> (ainigmatik\u00f3tita) means obscurity.<\/p>\n<p>Greek recordings made with: <a href=\"https:\/\/ttsfree.com\/\">https:\/\/ttsfree.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uYPp-kfXT6s\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uYPp-kfXT6s\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> &#8211; an easy-to-use animated video creator [affiliate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about etymology on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology 10 &amp;#8211; Enigmatic\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-23T15:23:07+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Today we are looking at the word enigmatic [\u02ccen.\u026a\u0261\u02c8m\u00e6t.\u026ak\/\u02cc\u025bn\u026a\u0261\u02c8m\u00e6t\u026ak], a mysterious, puzzling, perplexing and inscrutable word that defies description.\n\nDefinition: \u201cmysterious and impossible to understand completely\u201d [source]. Or,\u201cresembling an eni...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5254\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1175-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1175-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/enigmatic.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"enigmatic.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are looking at the word enigmatic [\u02ccen.\u026a\u0261\u02c8m\u00e6t.\u026ak\/\u02cc\u025bn\u026a\u0261\u02c8m\u00e6t\u026ak], a mysterious, puzzling, perplexing and inscrutable word that defies description. Definition: \u201cmysterious and impossible to understand completely\u201d [source]. Or,\u201cresembling an enigma, or a puzzling occurrence, situation, statement, person, etc.; perplexing; mysterious\u201d [source]. It comes from enigma (riddle; sth\/sb puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable), from the Latin aenigma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,97,20,56,61,4,50,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-ancient-greek-","category-english","category-etymology","category-greek-","category-language","category-latin","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1185,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}