ἄπορος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, first in Hdt. and Pi. (v.infr.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[without passage]], [[having no way in]], [[having no way out]], or [[having no way through]]: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of places, [[impassable]], [[πέλαγος]], [[πηλός]],</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>25d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Criti.</span>108e</span>; [[ὁδός]], [[ὀρη]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl">2.5.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of states or circumstances, [[impracticable]], [[difficult]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.3</span>, etc.; ἄ. [[ἀλγηδών]], [[πάθη]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>513</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>854</span>; τἄπορον [[ἔτος]] ib.<span class="bibl">897</span>; ἄ. χρῆμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>70</span>; [[ἀγών]], [[κίνδυνος]], <span class="bibl">Lys.7.2</span> and 39 (Sup.); αἰσχύνη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>873c</span>; [[σωτηρία]] λεπτὴ καὶ ἄ. ib.<span class="bibl">699b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>453d</span>; φόβος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>698b</span>; βίος <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Kith.Fr.</span>1.10</span>; νύξ Longin.9.10:—[[ἄπορον]], [[τό]],</b> and [[ἄπορα]], [[τά]],</b> as Subst., [[ἐκ τῶν ἀπόρων]] = in the [[midst]] of their [[difficulties]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.53</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>699b</span>; εὔπορος ἐν τοῖς ἀ. <span class="bibl">Alex. 234.6</span>; ἄπορα πόριμος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>904</span>; [[ἐν ἀπόροις εἶναι]] to be in [[great straits]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 7.6.11</span>; [[εἰς ἄπορον ἥκειν]], [[πεσεῖν]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>813</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>703</span>; [[ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο]], [[ἦσαν]], they were [[at a loss]] how to... <span class="bibl">Th.1.25</span>, <span class="bibl">3.22</span>; ἐτεῇ οἷον ἕκαστον γιγνώσκειν ἐν ἀπόσρῳ ἐστί <span class="bibl">Democr.8</span>: ἄπορόν [ἐστι] c. inf., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).40</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.77</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.Socr.53</span>, etc.; ἄπορά [ἐστι] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.52</span>: Comp. ἀπορώτερος, ἡ λῆψις <span class="bibl">Th.5.110</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[hard to discover]] or [[solve]], ἀνεξερεύνητον καὶ ἄπορον <span class="bibl">Heraclit.18</span>; [[ἄ. ἐρωτήσεις]], = [[ἀπορίαι]] IV, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>64</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>10.8</span>; ζήτησις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>284b</span>; λόγοι <span class="bibl">D.L. 7.44</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[hard to get]], [[scarce]], ἐν δυστυχίῃ [φίλον εὑρεῖν] πάντων -ώτατον <span class="bibl">Democr.106</span>; θῦμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>378a</span>; [[ἄπορα ὀφλήματα]] [[bad]] [[debt]]s, <span class="bibl">D.50.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of persons, [[hard to deal with]], [[unmanageable]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 800</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>18d</span> (Sup.), cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.32</span> (Sup.): c. inf., [[ἄ. προσμίσγειν]], [[προσφέρεσθαι]], [[impossible]] to have any dealings with, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.46</span>, <span class="bibl">9.49</span>; βορῆς ἄνεμος ἄ. [[against which nothing will avail]], [[which there is no opposing]], <span class="bibl">Id.6.44</span>; ἄ. τὸ κακὸν καὶ ἀνίκητον <span class="bibl">Id.3.52</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[without means]] or [[resources]], [[helpless]], ἔρημος, ἄ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1735</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>629</span>, etc.; ἄ. ἐπὶ φρόνιμα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>691</span> (lyr.); ἐπ' οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>360</span> (lyr.); ἄ. γνώμῃ <span class="bibl">Th.2.59</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[poor]],needy</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>552a</span>; opp. [[εὔπορος]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1279b9</span>, <span class="bibl">1289b30</span>; [[ἄ. λειτουργεῖν]] [[too poor]] to undertake liturgies, <span class="bibl">Lys. 31.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>75.5</span> (ii A.D.), etc.; ἄ. καὶ τῶν ἐλαχίστων κατέστησαν <span class="bibl">D.Chr.17.18</span>; also of states of life, δίαιτα ταπεινὴ καὶ ἄ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 762e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. -ρως <span class="bibl">Simon.46</span>, etc.; τὸ πρᾶγμα ἀ. εἶχε πατρί <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">IA</span>55</span>; ἀ. ἔχει μοι περί τινος <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.1</span>; [[ἀ. ἔχειν]], c. inf., <span class="bibl">D.H. 6.14</span>; ἀ. διατεθῆναι <span class="bibl">Lys.18.23</span>: Comp. -ώτερον <span class="bibl">Th.1.82</span>; but -ωτέρως διακεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.2.1</span>: Sup. -ώτατα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>51b</span>. etc.</span>