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|Definition=ον, first in Hdt. and Pi. (v.infr.), <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">without passage, having no way in, out</b>, or <b class="b2">through</b>: hence, </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">I</span> of places, <b class="b2">impassable</b>, <b class="b3">πέλαγος, πηλός,</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>25d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Criti.</span>108e</span>; <b class="b3">ὁδός, ὀρη</b>, <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, <b class="b2">impracticable, difficult</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.3</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἀλγηδών, πάθη</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>513</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>854</span>; <b class="b3">τἄπορον ἔτος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">897</span>; ἄ. χρῆμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>70</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγών, κίνδυνος</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.7.2</span> and 39 (Sup.); αἰσχύνη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>873c</span>; <b class="b3">σωτηρία λεπτὴ καὶ ἄ</b>. 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:—<b class="b3">ἄπορον, τό,</b> and <b class="b3">ἄπορα, τά,</b> as Subst., <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν ἀπόρων</b> in the midst of their <b class="b2">difficulties</b>, <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>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀπόροις εἶναι</b> to be in <b class="b2">great straits</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 7.6.11</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄπορον ἥκειν, πεσεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>813</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>703</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο, ἦσαν</b>, they were <b class="b2">at a loss</b> 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>: <b class="b3">ἄπορόν [ἐστι</b>] 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.; <b class="b3">ἄπορά [ἐστι</b>] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.52</span>: Comp. -ώτερος, ἡ λῆψις <span class="bibl">Th.5.110</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">hard to discover</b> or <b class="b2">solve</b>, ἀνεξερεύνητον καὶ ἄπορον <span class="bibl">Heraclit.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἐρωτήσεις</b>, = [[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> <b class="b2">hard to get, scarce</b>, ἐν δυστυχίῃ [φίλον εὑρεῖν] πάντων -ώτατον <span class="bibl">Democr.106</span>; θῦμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>378a</span>; <b class="b3">ἄπορα [ὀφλήματα</b>] <b class="b2">bad</b> debts, <span class="bibl">D.50.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> of persons, <b class="b2">hard to deal with, unmanageable</b>, <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., <b class="b3">ἄ. προσμίσγειν, προσφέρεσθαι</b>, <b class="b2">impossible</b> to have any dealings with, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.46</span>, <span class="bibl">9.49</span>; βορῆς ἄνεμος ἄ. <b class="b2">against which nothing will avail, which there is no opposing</b>, <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> <b class="b2">without means</b> or <b class="b2">resources, helpless</b>, 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> <b class="b2">poor,needy</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>552a</span>; opp. <b class="b3">εὔπορος</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1279b9</span>, <span class="bibl">1289b30</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. λειτουργεῖν</b> <b class="b2">too poor</b> 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>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἔχειν</b>, 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> | |Definition=ον, first in Hdt. and Pi. (v.infr.), <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">without passage, having no way in, out</b>, or <b class="b2">through</b>: hence, </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">I</span> of places, <b class="b2">impassable</b>, <b class="b3">πέλαγος, πηλός,</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>25d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Criti.</span>108e</span>; <b class="b3">ὁδός, ὀρη</b>, <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, <b class="b2">impracticable, difficult</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.3</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἀλγηδών, πάθη</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>513</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>854</span>; <b class="b3">τἄπορον ἔτος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">897</span>; ἄ. χρῆμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>70</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγών, κίνδυνος</b>, <span class="bibl">Lys.7.2</span> and 39 (Sup.); αἰσχύνη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>873c</span>; <b class="b3">σωτηρία λεπτὴ καὶ ἄ</b>. 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:—<b class="b3">ἄπορον, τό,</b> and <b class="b3">ἄπορα, τά,</b> as Subst., <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν ἀπόρων</b> in the midst of their <b class="b2">difficulties</b>, <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>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀπόροις εἶναι</b> to be in <b class="b2">great straits</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 7.6.11</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄπορον ἥκειν, πεσεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>813</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>703</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο, ἦσαν</b>, they were <b class="b2">at a loss</b> 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>: <b class="b3">ἄπορόν [ἐστι</b>] 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.; <b class="b3">ἄπορά [ἐστι</b>] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.52</span>: Comp. -ώτερος, ἡ λῆψις <span class="bibl">Th.5.110</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">hard to discover</b> or <b class="b2">solve</b>, ἀνεξερεύνητον καὶ ἄπορον <span class="bibl">Heraclit.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἐρωτήσεις</b>, = [[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> <b class="b2">hard to get, scarce</b>, ἐν δυστυχίῃ [φίλον εὑρεῖν] πάντων -ώτατον <span class="bibl">Democr.106</span>; θῦμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>378a</span>; <b class="b3">ἄπορα [ὀφλήματα</b>] <b class="b2">bad</b> debts, <span class="bibl">D.50.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> of persons, <b class="b2">hard to deal with, unmanageable</b>, <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., <b class="b3">ἄ. προσμίσγειν, προσφέρεσθαι</b>, <b class="b2">impossible</b> to have any dealings with, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.46</span>, <span class="bibl">9.49</span>; βορῆς ἄνεμος ἄ. <b class="b2">against which nothing will avail, which there is no opposing</b>, <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> <b class="b2">without means</b> or <b class="b2">resources, helpless</b>, 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> <b class="b2">poor,needy</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>552a</span>; opp. <b class="b3">εὔπορος</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1279b9</span>, <span class="bibl">1289b30</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. λειτουργεῖν</b> <b class="b2">too poor</b> 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>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἔχειν</b>, 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> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0322.png Seite 322]] 1) unwegsam, nicht zu passiren, [[πέλαγος]] Plat. Tim. 25 d; [[ὁδός]] Xen. An. 2, 4, 4. 5, 18; ἀτραπὸς στενὴ καὶ ἄπ. Plut. Flam. 3; [[διάβασις]] Hdn. 8, 4, 4. – 2) ohne Mittel u. Wege; übertr., a) akt., B. A. ὁ μὴ δυνάμενος μηχανήν τινα [[εὑρεῖν]], der sich nicht zu helfen weiß, in Verlegenheit ist; rathlos, Soph. Ant. 357, dem [[παντοπόρος]] entgegengesetzt; [[πανταχόθεν]] Thuc. 3, 53; τῇ γνώμῃ 2, 59 u. Folgde; neben [[ἄγροικος]] u. [[σκαιός]] Ar. Nub. 619; – c. inf., ἄπορός εἰμι τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἔχειν Xen. An. 5, 5, 20, ich kann nicht. Bes. ohne Mittel, arm, καὶ [[ἀπαράσκευος]] Thuc. 1, 99; Plat. Phaedr. 233 d, u. öfter bei Dem.; [[δίαιτα]] ταπεινὴ καὶ ἄπ. Plat. Legg. VI, 762 e. – b) pass., wogegen man nichts anzufangen weiß, rathlos ist, καὶ ἀμήχανον Her. 5, 3; schwierig, unmöglich, [[νεῖκος]] Pind. Ol. 11, 42; Ggstz [[δυνατός]] Thuc. 4, 65; vgl. 2, 77; χαλεπὸν καὶ σχεδὸν ἄπορον Plat. Soph. 237 c; ἄπορα πράγματα Ar. Vesp. 1474; [[σωτηρία]] Plat. Rep. V, 453 d; [[ζήτησις]] Polit. 284 b; auch Tragg.; ἐξ ἀπόρων, unverhofft, Plat. Legg. III, 699 b; oft ἄπορον, ἄπορα, = [[ἀπορία]], z. B. Her. 8, 53; Thuc. 3, 82; εἰς ἄπορον ἥκειν Eur. Hel. 813; [[κατά]] τι ἄπορον ἀναγκάζεται Thuc. 1, 136; bes. ἐν ἀπόροις εἶναι, Thuc. u. Folgde; ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἶχον τὸ θέσθαι Thuc. 1, 25, wie εἰκάσαι τὸ γιγνόμενον 3, 22, nicht können; ähnl. ἱππεῖς προσφέρεσθαι ἄποροι, es ist ihnen schwer beizukommen, Her 9. 49, wie Σκύθαι ἄποροι προσμίσγειν 4, 46; vgl. Thuc. 4, 32; Plat. Lys. 223 b; dah. unwiderstehlich, [[φόβος]] Legg. III, 698 b; vgl. Apol. 18 d, wie Βορῆς [[ἄνεμος]] Her. 6, 44. Auch im Ggstz von [[εὐπόριστος]], schwer anzuschaffen, theuer, Plat. Rep. II, 378 a. – Adv. ἀπόρως ἔχειν, Ggstz [[σωτηρία]], Xen. Hell. 7, 4, 8; διαθεῖναι Lys. 13, 11; ἀπορωτέρως ζῆν 4, 109; καὶ δυσχρήστως ἔχειν Pol. 4, 18, 6; ὑποδημάτων Luc. Cyn. 13. | |||
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ον, first in Hdt. and Pi. (v.infr.),
A without passage, having no way in, out, or through: hence, I of places, impassable, πέλαγος, πηλός, Pl.Ti.25d, Criti.108e; ὁδός, ὀρη, X.An.2.4.4, 2.5.18. II of states or circumstances, impracticable, difficult, Hdt. 5.3, etc.; ἄ. ἀλγηδών, πάθη, S.OC513 (lyr.), Ph.854; τἄπορον ἔτος ib.897; ἄ. χρῆμα E.Or.70; ἀγών, κίνδυνος, Lys.7.2 and 39 (Sup.); αἰσχύνη Pl.Lg.873c; σωτηρία λεπτὴ καὶ ἄ. ib.699b, cf. R.453d; φόβος Lg.698b; βίος Men.Kith.Fr.1.10; νύξ Longin.9.10:—ἄπορον, τό, and ἄπορα, τά, as Subst., ἐκ τῶν ἀπόρων in the midst of their difficulties, Hdt.8.53, cf. Pl.Lg.699b; εὔπορος ἐν τοῖς ἀ. Alex. 234.6; ἄπορα πόριμος A.Pr.904; ἐν ἀπόροις εἶναι to be in great straits, X.An. 7.6.11; εἰς ἄπορον ἥκειν, πεσεῖν, E.Hel.813, Ar.Nu.703; ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο, ἦσαν, they were at a loss how to... Th.1.25, 3.22; ἐτεῇ οἷον ἕκαστον γιγνώσκειν ἐν ἀπόσρῳ ἐστί Democr.8: ἄπορόν [ἐστι] c. inf., Pi.O.10(11).40, Th.2.77, Aeschin.Socr.53, etc.; ἄπορά [ἐστι] Pi.O.1.52: Comp. -ώτερος, ἡ λῆψις Th.5.110. 2 hard to discover or solve, ἀνεξερεύνητον καὶ ἄπορον Heraclit.18; ἄ. ἐρωτήσεις, = ἀπορίαι IV, Plu.Alex.64, Luc.DMort.10.8; ζήτησις Pl.Plt.284b; λόγοι D.L. 7.44. 3 hard to get, scarce, ἐν δυστυχίῃ [φίλον εὑρεῖν] πάντων -ώτατον Democr.106; θῦμα Pl.R.378a; ἄπορα [ὀφλήματα] bad debts, D.50.9. III of persons, hard to deal with, unmanageable, E.Ba. 800, Pl.Ap.18d (Sup.), cf. Th.4.32 (Sup.): c. inf., ἄ. προσμίσγειν, προσφέρεσθαι, impossible to have any dealings with, Hdt.4.46, 9.49; βορῆς ἄνεμος ἄ. against which nothing will avail, which there is no opposing, Id.6.44; ἄ. τὸ κακὸν καὶ ἀνίκητον Id.3.52. 2 without means or resources, helpless, ἔρημος, ἄ. S.OC1735 (lyr.), cf. Ar.Nu.629, etc.; ἄ. ἐπὶ φρόνιμα S.OT691 (lyr.); ἐπ' οὐδέν Id.Ant.360 (lyr.); ἄ. γνώμῃ Th.2.59. 3 poor,needy, Id.1.9, Pl.R.552a; opp. εὔπορος, Arist.Pol. 1279b9, 1289b30; ἄ. λειτουργεῖν too poor to undertake liturgies, Lys. 31.12, cf. PRyl.75.5 (ii A.D.), etc.; ἄ. καὶ τῶν ἐλαχίστων κατέστησαν D.Chr.17.18; also of states of life, δίαιτα ταπεινὴ καὶ ἄ. Pl.Lg. 762e. IV Adv. -ρως Simon.46, etc.; τὸ πρᾶγμα ἀ. εἶχε πατρί E. IA55; ἀ. ἔχει μοι περί τινος Antipho 1.1; ἀ. ἔχειν, c. inf., D.H. 6.14; ἀ. διατεθῆναι Lys.18.23: Comp. -ώτερον Th.1.82; but -ωτέρως διακεῖσθαι Antipho 3.2.1: Sup. -ώτατα Pl.Ti.51b. etc.
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[Seite 322] 1) unwegsam, nicht zu passiren, πέλαγος Plat. Tim. 25 d; ὁδός Xen. An. 2, 4, 4. 5, 18; ἀτραπὸς στενὴ καὶ ἄπ. Plut. Flam. 3; διάβασις Hdn. 8, 4, 4. – 2) ohne Mittel u. Wege; übertr., a) akt., B. A. ὁ μὴ δυνάμενος μηχανήν τινα εὑρεῖν, der sich nicht zu helfen weiß, in Verlegenheit ist; rathlos, Soph. Ant. 357, dem παντοπόρος entgegengesetzt; πανταχόθεν Thuc. 3, 53; τῇ γνώμῃ 2, 59 u. Folgde; neben ἄγροικος u. σκαιός Ar. Nub. 619; – c. inf., ἄπορός εἰμι τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἔχειν Xen. An. 5, 5, 20, ich kann nicht. Bes. ohne Mittel, arm, καὶ ἀπαράσκευος Thuc. 1, 99; Plat. Phaedr. 233 d, u. öfter bei Dem.; δίαιτα ταπεινὴ καὶ ἄπ. Plat. Legg. VI, 762 e. – b) pass., wogegen man nichts anzufangen weiß, rathlos ist, καὶ ἀμήχανον Her. 5, 3; schwierig, unmöglich, νεῖκος Pind. Ol. 11, 42; Ggstz δυνατός Thuc. 4, 65; vgl. 2, 77; χαλεπὸν καὶ σχεδὸν ἄπορον Plat. Soph. 237 c; ἄπορα πράγματα Ar. Vesp. 1474; σωτηρία Plat. Rep. V, 453 d; ζήτησις Polit. 284 b; auch Tragg.; ἐξ ἀπόρων, unverhofft, Plat. Legg. III, 699 b; oft ἄπορον, ἄπορα, = ἀπορία, z. B. Her. 8, 53; Thuc. 3, 82; εἰς ἄπορον ἥκειν Eur. Hel. 813; κατά τι ἄπορον ἀναγκάζεται Thuc. 1, 136; bes. ἐν ἀπόροις εἶναι, Thuc. u. Folgde; ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἶχον τὸ θέσθαι Thuc. 1, 25, wie εἰκάσαι τὸ γιγνόμενον 3, 22, nicht können; ähnl. ἱππεῖς προσφέρεσθαι ἄποροι, es ist ihnen schwer beizukommen, Her 9. 49, wie Σκύθαι ἄποροι προσμίσγειν 4, 46; vgl. Thuc. 4, 32; Plat. Lys. 223 b; dah. unwiderstehlich, φόβος Legg. III, 698 b; vgl. Apol. 18 d, wie Βορῆς ἄνεμος Her. 6, 44. Auch im Ggstz von εὐπόριστος, schwer anzuschaffen, theuer, Plat. Rep. II, 378 a. – Adv. ἀπόρως ἔχειν, Ggstz σωτηρία, Xen. Hell. 7, 4, 8; διαθεῖναι Lys. 13, 11; ἀπορωτέρως ζῆν 4, 109; καὶ δυσχρήστως ἔχειν Pol. 4, 18, 6; ὑποδημάτων Luc. Cyn. 13.
